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Ruth 2:3

BoazElimelech
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1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.

So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.

5 And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
KJV
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
WEB
She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
ASV
And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
DARBY
And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
BLB
And she went, and she came, and she gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who [was] from the family of Elimelech.
ÅB
Så gikk hun avsted, og hun kom og sanket aks på åkeren etter høstfolkene; og det traff seg så at den åker hun sanket på, tilhørte Boas, som var av Elimeleks slekt.
OTB
Så gikk hun ut, kom til en mark og begynte å sanke bak høstfolkene. Ved en tilfeldighet fant hun seg selv arbeide på en del av marken som tilhørte Boas, som var av Elimeleks familie.
B1930
Så gikk hun avsted, og hun kom og sanket aks på akeren efter høstfolkene; og det traff sig så at den aker hun sanket på, tilhørte Boas, som var av Elimeleks slekt.

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Cross references

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:12

    We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.

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  • Matthew 10:29

    Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

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  • Luke 10:31

    Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12

    and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

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  • 2 Kings 8:5

    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

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  • Esther 6:1–2

    That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

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