Ruth 2:22 (DRB)

Passage

And her mother in law said to her: It is better for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may resist thee.

Nearby Context

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.

Ruth 2:22 And her mother in law said to her: It is better for thee, my daughter, to go out to reap with his maids, lest in another man's field some one may resist thee.

Ruth 2:23 So she kept close to the maids of Booz: and continued to glean with them, till all the barley and the wheat were laid up in the barns.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mother", "said", "better", "thee", "daughter", "reap", "maids", and "lest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mother" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And Ruth said He also charged me..." into verse 23's "So she kept close to the maids...", so "mother" and "said" 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 "mother" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.