Bible Strands
Ruth 2:6
The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The field foreman answers Boaz’s direct question about the identity of the young woman gleaning in his barley field.
The words — הַנִּצָּב עַל־הַקּוֹצְרִים (ha.ni.Tsav al-ha.kotz.Rim) literally means “the one appointed over the harvesters,” identifying the speaker’s supervisory role.
The thread — The verse’s identification of Ruth as a Moabite echoes Ruth 1:22, while the foreman’s appointed authority parallels the overseer described in Matthew 24:45 and the household manager in Genesis 24:2.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that a foreigner’s presence in the harvest field is explicitly recorded and authorized by local oversight, requiring the reader to note her documented origins without softening them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Cross-references
- Ruth 1:22 So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
- Matthew 24:45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
- Genesis 24:2 So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
- Genesis 39:4 Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
- Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- Ruth 1:19 So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
- Matthew 20:8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
- Genesis 15:2 But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”