Verse 10

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Rut bøyde seg ned med ansiktet mot jorden og sa til ham: 'Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, så du vil legge merke til meg som er en fremmed?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da falt hun på sitt ansikt og bøyde seg til jorden og sa til ham: «Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde for dine øyne, slik at du legger merke til meg, selv om jeg er en fremmed?»

• Norsk King James

  Da falt hun ned på ansiktet og bøyde seg til jorden, og sa til ham: "Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, at du kjenner meg, jeg som er en fremmed?"

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ruth falt på sitt ansikt, bøyde seg til jorden og sa: Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde for dine øyne, siden du bryr deg om meg, når jeg er en fremmed?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da falt hun ned på ansiktet, bøyde seg til jorden og sa til ham: 'Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, slik at du bryr deg om meg, en fremmed?'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da falt hun ned med ansiktet mot jorden, bøyde seg og sa til ham: "Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, så du legger merke til meg, enda jeg er en fremmed?"

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da falt hun ned på sitt ansikt og bøyde seg, og sa til ham: «Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, at du tar deg tid til å kjenne meg, når jeg er en fremmed?»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da falt hun ned med ansiktet mot jorden, bøyde seg og sa til ham: "Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, så du legger merke til meg, enda jeg er en fremmed?"

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da falt hun på sitt ansikt, bøyde seg til jorden og sa til ham: 'Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, slik at du tar hensyn til meg, enda jeg er en fremmed?'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  She bowed down with her face to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?"

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Ruth.2.10", "source": "וַתִּפֹּל֙ עַל־פָּנֶ֔יהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָה וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו מַדּוּעַ֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי וְאָּנֹכִ֖י נָכְרִיָּֽה׃", "text": "And-*tippōl* on-*pānehā* and-*tištaḥû* *ʾārṣâ*. And-*tōʾmer* to-him, \"*Maddûaʿ* *māṣāʾtî* *ḥēn* in-*ʿêneykā* to-*hakkîrēnî* and-*ʾānōkî* *nākrîyâ*?\"", "grammar": { "וַתִּפֹּל֙": "conjunction wə- + imperfect 3rd feminine singular, waw-consecutive - 'and she fell'", "עַל־פָּנֶ֔יהָ": "preposition + plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'on her face'", "וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ": "conjunction wə- + imperfect 3rd feminine singular, waw-consecutive - 'and she bowed down'", "*ʾārṣâ*": "noun with directional heh - 'to the ground'", "וַתֹּ֣אמֶר": "conjunction wə- + imperfect 3rd feminine singular, waw-consecutive - 'and she said'", "אֵלָ֗יו": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to him'", "*Maddûaʿ*": "interrogative adverb - 'why'", "*māṣāʾtî*": "perfect 1st singular - 'I have found'", "*ḥēn*": "noun - 'favor/grace'", "בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙": "preposition bə- + dual noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'in your eyes'", "לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי": "preposition lə- + Hiphil infinitive construct with 1st singular suffix - 'to notice me/recognize me'", "וְאָּנֹכִ֖י": "conjunction wə- + 1st singular independent pronoun - 'and I'", "*nākrîyâ*": "feminine singular adjective - 'foreign/strange'" }, "variants": { "*tippōl*": "fell/fell down/prostrated", "*tištaḥû*": "bowed down/prostrated/worshipped", "*hakkîrēnî*": "notice me/recognize me/acknowledge me/show kindness to me", "*nākrîyâ*": "foreign/strange/foreigner/alien" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da falt hun på sitt ansikt og bøyde seg mot jorden og sa til ham: «Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde for dine øyne, så du tar hensyn til meg, en fremmed?»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da faldt hun paa sit Ansigt og bøiede sig ned til Jorden; og hun sagde til ham: Hvorfor har jeg fundet Naade for dine Øine, at du kjender mig, og jeg er fremmed?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da falt hun på sitt ansikt, bøyde seg til jorden og sa til ham: Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde for dine øyne, at du tar hensyn til meg, siden jeg er en fremmed?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da falt hun på sitt ansikt, bøyde seg til jorden og sa til ham: Hvorfor har jeg funnet velvilje for dine øyne, siden jeg er en fremmed?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da falt hun på sitt ansikt og bøyde seg til jorden og sa til ham: «Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, slik at du legger merke til meg, en fremmed?»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da falt hun på sitt ansikt, bøyde seg mot jorden og sa til ham: Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde i dine øyne, så du legger merke til meg, selv om jeg er en fremmed?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da bøyde hun seg ned med ansiktet mot jorden og sa til ham: Hvorfor har jeg funnet nåde for dine øyne, siden jeg er en fremmed?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  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?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  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?

• Authorized 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?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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?'

• 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?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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?

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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?”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 25:23 : 23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off the donkey and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
• 2 Sam 9:8 : 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am?
• Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love; in honor giving preference to one another;
• Gen 18:2 : 2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood by him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the ground,
• Ruth 2:2 : 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field and glean ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
• Ruth 2:13 : 13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me, and you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.
• 2 Sam 19:28 : 28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those that eat at your own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry anymore to the king?
• Isa 56:3-8 : 3 Do not let the son of the foreigner, who has joined himself to the LORD, say, The LORD has utterly separated me from his people: nor let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For thus says the LORD to the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6 Also the sons of the foreigner, who join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant; 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people. 8 The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will I gather others to him, besides those that are gathered to him.
• Matt 15:22-28 : 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came out from those coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and asked him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then she came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread, and throw it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
• Matt 25:35 : 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in.
• Luke 1:43 : 43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
• Luke 1:48 : 48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
• Luke 7:6-7 : 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble yourself: for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof: 7 Therefore neither did I think myself worthy to come to you: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
• Luke 17:16-18 : 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?