Rut 2:21 | NETfull | STEP | Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’”

Ruth 2:21

21 Ruth the Moabite replied, “He even ^{▼▼ On the force of the phrase גָּם כִּי (gam ki) here, see F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (WBC), 138-39.} told me, ‘You may go along beside my servants ^{▼▼ Heb “with the servants who are mine you may stay close.” The imperfect has a permissive nuance here. The word “servants” is masculine plural.} until they have finished gathering all my harvest!’” ^{▼▼ Heb “until they have finished all the harvest which is mine”; NIV “until they finish harvesting all my grain.”}