Verse List for RUTH 2:10

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OET (OET-RV) Then she knelt down on the ground and bowed her head low to the ground and said, “Why are you being so kind to me when I’m a foreigner? I wasn’t expecting your attention.”

OET-LV And_she _fell on face _of_her and_she _bowed _down ground_to_the and_she/it _said to_him/it why have _I _found favour in_eyes _of_your to_pay_regard _to _me and_I[fn][fn][fn] am_a _foreigner.

ULT Then 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?”

UST Then she knelt before him in respect with her forehead touching the ground. She exclaimed, “Why are you being so kind to me? I did not think that you would pay any attention to me, since I am a foreigner!”

BSB & MSB At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I [am] a foreigner?”

OEB Then she bowed low and said to him, ‘Why are you so kind to me, to take interest in me when I am just a foreigner?’

WEBBE & WMBB Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”

NET Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?”

LSV And she falls on her face, and bows herself to the earth, and says to him, “Why have I found grace in your eyes, to discern me, and I a stranger?”

FBV She bowed down with her face to the ground. “Why are you being so kind to me or even notice me, seeing I'm a foreigner?” she asked him.

T4T When he said that, she knelt down in front of him in respect, with her face touching the ground. She exclaimed, “Why are you acting so kindly toward me, by paying attention to me? I am not even a Jew; I am a foreigner!”

LEB And she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes by recognizing me—for I am a foreigner?”

BBE Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people?

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JPS Then she fell on her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said unto him: 'Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of 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?

DRA She fell on her face and worshipping upon the ground, said to him: Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me a woman of another country?

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?'

Drby 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?

RV Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
(Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy/your sight, that thou/you shouldest/should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?)

SLT And she will fall upon her face and worship to the earth, and she will say to him, Wherefore did I find favor in thine eyes, and thou didst recognize me, and I a stranger?

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

KJB-1769 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?
(Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine/your eyes, that thou/you shouldest/should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?)

KJB-1611 Then she fel on her face, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and said vnto him, Why haue I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Then she fell on her face, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and sayde vnto him: Howe is it that I haue founde grace in thyne eyes, & that thou shouldest knowe me, seing I am an aliaunt?
(Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him: How is it that I have found grace in thine/your eyes, and that thou/you shouldest/should know me, seeing I am an aliaunt?)

Gnva Then shee fell on her face, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and said vnto him, How haue I found fauour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest know me, seeing I am a stranger?
(Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, How have I found favour in thine/your eyes, that thou/you shouldest/should know me, seeing I am a stranger?)

Cvdl Then fell she downe vpon hir face, and bowed hir self downe to the earth, and sayde vnto him: How haue I founde this fauoure in yi sighte, that thou woldest knowe me, which am yet a straunger?
(Then fell she down upon her face, and bowed herself down to the earth, and said unto him: How have I found this favour in ye/you_all sight, that thou/you would know me, which am yet a stranger?)

Wycl And sche felde on hir face, and worschipide on the erthe; and seide to hym, Wherof is this to me, that Y schulde fynde grace bifor thin iyen, that thou woldist knowe me a straunge womman?
(And she fell on her face, and worshipped on the earth; and said to him, Whereof is this to me, that I should find grace before thin eyes, that thou/you would know me a strange woman?)

Luth Da fiel sie auf ihr Angesicht und betete an zur Erde und sprach zu ihm: Womit habe ich die Gnade funden vor deinen Augen, daß du mich erkennest, die ich doch fremd bin?
(So fell they/she/them on/in/to you(pl)/their/her face and prayed at/to to/for earth/land/ground and spoke to/for him: Womit have I the grace funds before/in_front_of your(s) eyes, that you(sg) me recognise/see/realise, the I though/but foreign bin?)

ClVg Quæ cadens in faciem suam et adorans super terram, dixit ad eum: Unde mihi hoc, ut invenirem gratiam ante oculos tuos, et nosse me dignareris peregrinam mulierem?[fn]
(Which falling in/into/on face his_own and adorans over the_earth/land, he/she_said to him: From_where/who to_me hoc, as I_would_find grace before the_eyes yours, and to_know me worthyreris peregrinam woman?)

UHB וַ⁠תִּפֹּל֙ עַל־פָּנֶ֔י⁠הָ וַ⁠תִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָ⁠ה וַ⁠תֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗י⁠ו מַדּוּעַ֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּ⁠עֵינֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ לְ⁠הַכִּירֵ֔⁠נִי וְ⁠אָּנֹכִ֖י נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, τί ὅτι εὗρον χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναί με, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι ξένη;

BrTr And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?