Ruth 2:19 (DRB)

Passage

And her mother in law said to her: Where hast thou gleaned today, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that hath had pity on thee. And she told her with whom she had wrought: and she told the man's name, that he was called Booz.

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:17 She gleaned therefore in the field till evening: and beating out with a rod, and threshing what she had gleaned, she found about the measure of an ephi of barley, that is, three bushels:

Ruth 2:18 Which she took up, and returned into the city, and shewed it to her mother in law: moreover, she brought out, and gave her of the remains of her meat, wherewith she had been filled.

Ruth 2:19 And her mother in law said to her: Where hast thou gleaned today, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that hath had pity on thee. And she told her with whom she had wrought: and she told the man's name, that he was called Booz.

Ruth 2:20 And Noemi answered her: Blessed be he of the Lord: because the same kindness which he shewed to the living, he hath kept also to the dead. And again she said: The man is our kinsman.

Ruth 2:21 And Ruth said: He also charged me, that I should keep close to his reapers, till all the corn should be reaped.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "mother", "said", "where", "hast", "thou", "gleaned", and "today". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "mother", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Which she took up and returned into..." into verse 20's "And Noemi answered her Blessed be he...", so "called" and "mother" 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 "called" and "mother" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.