Ruth 2:13 (DBY)

Passage

And she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like one of thy handmaidens.

Nearby Context

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.

Ruth 2:13 And she said, Let me find favour in thine eyes, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I am not like one of thy handmaidens.

Ruth 2:14 And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come hither and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers; and he reached her parched corn, and she ate and was sufficed, and reserved [some].

Ruth 2:15 And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and ye shall not reproach her.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "find", "favour", "thine", "eyes", "lord", "thou", and "hast". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "find", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Jehovah recompense thy work and let thy..." into verse 14's "And Boaz said to her at mealtime...", so "said" and "find" 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 "said" and "find" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.