Ruth 2:14 (WEB)

Passage

At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:12 May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

Ruth 2:13 Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.”

Ruth 2:14 At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.

Ruth 2:15 When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her.

Ruth 2:16 Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Then she said Let me find favor..." into verse 15's "When she had risen up to glean...", so "meal" and "time" 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 "meal" and "time" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.