Ruth 2:8-10

International Standard Version

Boaz Shows Kindness to Ruth

⁸ Boaz then addressed Ruth: “Listen, my daughter!^[a] Don’t glean in any other field. Don’t even leave this one, and be sure to stay close to my women servants. ⁹ Keep your eyes on the field where they are harvesting, and follow them. I’ve ordered my young men not to bother^[b] you, haven’t I? And when you are thirsty, drink from the water vessels that the young men have filled.”

¹⁰ At this she fell prostrate, bowing low to the ground, and asked him, “Why is it that you’re showing me kindness by noticing me, since I’m a foreigner?”