Rut 2:7-8, 22, Song 1:7-8 | ESV | STEP | She said , Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers . So she came , and she has continued from early morning until now , except for a short rest .

Ruth 2:7-8

7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.’ So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.” ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint, Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}

8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women.

Ruth 2:22

22 And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, lest in another field you be assaulted.”

Song of Solomon 1:7-8

7 Tell me, you ^bwhom my soul loves,
where you ^cpasture your flock,
where you make it ^dlie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your ^ecompanions?

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

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8 If you do not know,
O ^fmost beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds’ tents.