The Meaning of Ruth 2:10 Explained

Ruth 2:10

KJV: 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?

YLT: And she falleth on her face, and boweth herself to the earth, and saith unto him, 'Wherefore have I found grace in thine eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?'

Darby: Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest regard me, seeing I am a foreigner?

ASV: 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?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Ruth 2:10?

MEANING: What does Ruth 2:10 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Ruth 2:10 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Ruth 2:10?

What is the context of Ruth 2:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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?

What does Ruth 2:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Ruth 2:1-13 - Gleaning After The Reapers

In great desolation of soul, Naomi had returned. She was no longer the happy woman of earlier days. Ruth also must sometimes have experienced the depression of homesickness which often steals over the heart of the stranger. But the two women found solace where sad hearts will always find it, first in God and then in ministry to each other, 2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 7:6. In fact, Ruth's devotion to her mother became the common talk of the village, Ruth 2:11.

Notice the beautiful old-time salutations between the employer and his employees. The omission of these courteous greetings is one of the mistakes of our modern civilization. We live in a time when the relations between master and servant, between mistress and maid, are strangely altered, being largely financial and selfish. Each tries to get as much as possible out of the other, and thus the personal touch is absent. Is it to be wondered at that the human machine runs hard and sometimes breaks down? But Boaz was clearly a good man. He had won the respect of the whole neighborhood, and his tender words to the young stranger, saluting her as a nestling under the wings of Jehovah, indicated that he dwelled "in the secret place of the Most High." [source]

Chapter Summary: Ruth 2

¹ Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz
⁴ Boaz takes notice of her
⁸ and shows her great favor
¹⁸ That which she got, she carries to Naomi

What do the individual words in Ruth 2:10 mean?

So she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him why have I found favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me since I [am] a foreigner

וַתִּפֹּל֙ עַל־ פָּנֶ֔יהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָה וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו מַדּוּעַ֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי וְאָּנֹכִ֖י‪‬‪‬ ؟ נָכְרִיָּֽה

וַתִּפֹּל֙	So she fell
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: נָפַל Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
פָּנֶ֔יהָ	her face
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ	and bowed down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: שָׁחָה Sense: to bow down.
אָ֑רְצָה	to the ground
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלָ֗יו	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מַדּוּעַ֩	why
Parse: Interrogative Root: מַדּוּעַ Sense: why?, on what account?, wherefore?.
מָצָ֨אתִי	have I found
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: מָצָא Sense: to find, attain to.
חֵ֤ן	favor
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֵן Sense: favour, grace, charm.
בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙	in your eyes
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, second person masculine singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye.
לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי	that you should take notice of me
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, first person common singular Root: נָכַר Sense: to recognise, acknowledge, know, respect, discern, regard.
וְאָּנֹכִ֖י‪‬‪‬	since I [am]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אָנׄכִי Sense: I (first pers.
؟ נָכְרִיָּֽה	a foreigner
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: נָכְרִי Sense: foreign, alien.

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