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Ruth 2:4

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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.

3 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.

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?”

6 The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

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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
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
KJV
And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
WEB
Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the LORD be with you.” They answered him, “May the LORD bless you.”
ASV
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah bless thee.
DARBY
And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!
BLB
And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “YHWH [be] with you⁺!” And they answered him, “YHWH blesses you.”
ÅB
Da kom Boas nettopp fra Betlehem, og han sa til høstfolkene: Herren være med dere! De svarte: Herren velsigne deg!
OTB
Akkurat da kom Boas fra Betlehem og sa til høstfolkene: «Herren være med dere.» Og de svarte: «Herren velsigne deg.»
B1930
Da kom Boas nettop fra Betlehem, og han sa til høstfolkene: Herren være med eder! De svarte: Herren velsigne dig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 129:7–8

    unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

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  • Luke 1:28

    The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

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  • Judges 6:12

    And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

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  • 2 Timothy 4:22

    The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 3:16

    Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

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  • Psalms 118:26

    Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

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  • Joshua 24:15

    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

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  • Genesis 18:19

    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

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