Ruth 2:2 (DBY)

Passage

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:1 And Naomi had a relation of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:3 And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Ruth 2:4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ruth", "moabitess", "said", "naomi", "pray", "field", "glean", and "ears". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ruth" and "moabitess", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And Naomi had a relation of her..." into verse 3's "And she went and she came and...", so "ruth" and "moabitess" 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 "ruth" and "moabitess" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.