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# Keep your eyes only on the field # Keep your eyes only on the field
The eyes represent watching something or paying attention to something. Alternate translation: "Watch only the field" or "Pay attention only to the field" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) "Watch the field"
# Have I not instructed the men ... you? # Have I not instructed the men not to touch you?
Boaz used this question to emphasize what he had already done to help Ruth. Alternate translation: "I have given the men strict instructions ... you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) This question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "I have given the men strict instructions not to touch you."
# men ... the other women
"young male workers ... young female workers." The word "men" is used three times to refer to the young men who are harvesting in the field. Some languages can say this using one word, and they have a different word that means young women workers.
# not to touch you # not to touch you
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# the water that the young men have drawn # the water that the young men have drawn
To draw water means to pull up water from a well or to take it out of a storage vessel. To draw water means to pull up water from a well or to take it out of a storage vessel.
# young men
You may need to make explicit that these were Boaz's servants, as do many versions. Alternate translation: "servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])