Ruth 2:20 (YLT)

Passage

And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;' and Naomi saith to her, `The man is a relation of ours; he <FI>is<Fi> of our redeemers.'

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:18 and she taketh <FI>it<Fi> up, and goeth into the city, and her mother-in-law seeth that which she hath gleaned, and she bringeth out and giveth to her that which she left from her satiety.

Ruth 2:19 And her mother-in-law saith to her, `Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? may he who is discerning thee be blessed.' And she declareth to her mother-in-law with whom she hath wrought, and saith, `The name of the man with whom I have wrought to-day <FI>is<Fi> Boaz.'

Ruth 2:20 And Naomi saith to her daughter-in-law, `Blessed <FI>is<Fi> he of Jehovah who hath not forsaken His kindness with the living and with the dead;' and Naomi saith to her, `The man is a relation of ours; he <FI>is<Fi> of our redeemers.'

Ruth 2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess saith, `Also he surely said unto me, Near the young people whom I have thou dost cleave till they have completed the whole of the harvest which I have.'

Ruth 2:22 And Naomi saith unto Ruth her daughter-in-law, `Good, my daughter, that thou goest out with his young women, and they come not against thee in another field.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "naomi", "saith", "daughter-in-law", "blessed", "jehovah", "hath", "forsaken", and "kindness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "naomi" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "And her mother-in-law saith to her Where..." into verse 21's "And Ruth the Moabitess saith Also he...", so "naomi" and "saith" 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 "naomi" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.