Ruth 2:6 (KJV)

Passage

And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

Ruth 2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Ruth 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

Ruth 2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

Ruth 2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "servant", "over", "reapers", "answered", "said", "moabitish", "damsel", and "came". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "servant" and "over", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then said Boaz unto his servant that..." into verse 7's "And she said I pray you let...", so "servant" and "over" 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 "servant" and "over" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.