Devine Scripture

Ruth 2:10

Ruth chapter 2 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?

Context

v.9Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

v.10This passage

v.11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 1:48

    For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

  • Ruth 2:13

    Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.

  • 2 Samuel 9:8

    And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

  • 1 Samuel 25:23

    And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

  • Luke 1:43

    And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?

  • Romans 12:10

    In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;