Ruth 2:10 (DBY)

Passage

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:8 And Boaz said to Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from here, but keep here with my maidens.

Ruth 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field which is being reaped, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men not to touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men draw.

Ruth 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?

Ruth 2:11 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shewn me, all that thou hast done to thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come to a people that thou hast not known heretofore.

Ruth 2:12 Jehovah recompense thy work, and let thy reward be full from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fell", "face", "bowed", "herself", "ground", "said", "found", and "favour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fell" and "face", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Let thine eyes be on the field..." into verse 11's "And Boaz answered and said to her...", so "fell" and "face" belong inside that flow. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fell" and "face" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.