Ruth 2:16 (GNV)

Passage

Also let fall some of the sheaues for her, and let it lie, that she may gather it vp, and rebuke her not.

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:14 And Boaz said vnto her, At the meale time come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dippe thy morsell in the vineger. And she sate beside the reapers, and hee reached her parched corne: and shee did eate, and was sufficed, and left thereof.

Ruth 2:15 And when she arose to gleane, Boaz commanded his seruants, saying, Let her gather among the sheaues, and doe not rebuke her.

Ruth 2:16 Also let fall some of the sheaues for her, and let it lie, that she may gather it vp, and rebuke her not.

Ruth 2:17 So she gleaned in the fielde vntill euening, and she thresshed that shee had gathered, and it was about an Ephah of barly.

Ruth 2:18 And she tooke it vp, and went into the citie, and her mother in law saw what she had gathered: Also she tooke foorth, and gaue to her that which she had reserued, when she was sufficed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fall", "some", "sheaues", "gather", and "rebuke". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fall" and "some", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And when she arose to gleane Boaz..." into verse 17's "So she gleaned in the fielde vntill...", so "fall" and "some" 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 "fall" and "some" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.