Ruth 2:14 (LSB)

Passage

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left.

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:12 May Yahweh fully repay your work, and may your wages be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”

Ruth 2:13 Then she said, “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken to the heart of your servant-woman, though I am not like one of your servant-women.”

Ruth 2:14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left.

Ruth 2:15 Then she rose to glean, and Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not dishonor her.

Ruth 2:16 Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mealtime", "boaz", "said", "come", "here", "bread", and "piece". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mealtime" and "boaz", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Then she said May I find favor..." into verse 15's "Then she rose to glean and Boaz...", so "mealtime" and "boaz" 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 "mealtime" and "boaz" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.