⁷ She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves^(A) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest^(B) in the shelter.”

⁸ So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. ⁹ Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”