My young men ... my harvest.— Emphatic in the Hebrew. As long as my reaping lasts, remain steadfastly with us.

And Ruth the Moabitess said, he said to me also
Besides the favours he has shown me already, he has given me reason …

It encourages industry, for in all labor, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and wa…