Ruth 2:21

Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even ¹  told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants ²  until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’” ³ 

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, "He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’"

Then Ruth the Moabitess said, "Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.’"

Then Ruth said, "What’s more, Boaz even told me to come back and stay with his harvesters until the entire harvest is completed."

Ruth the Moabitess said, "Well, listen to this: He also told me, 'Stick with my workers until my harvesting is finished.'"

And Ruth the Moabitess said, Truly, he said to me, Keep near my young men till all my grain is cut.

Then Ruth the Moabite said, "He even said to me, ‘Stay close by my servants, until they have finished all my harvest.’"

Ruth the Moabitess said, "He also said to me, ‘You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’"

Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even ¹  told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants ²  until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’” ³ 

¹ tn On the force of the phrase גָּם כִּי (gam ki) here, see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 138-39.

² tn Heb “with the servants who are mine you may stay close.” The imperfect has a permissive nuance here. The word “servants” is masculine plural.

³ tn Heb “until they have finished all the harvest which is mine”; NIV “until they finish harvesting all my grain.”