Ruth 2:5
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.
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
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.
7 She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
- KJV
- Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
- WEB
- Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”
- ASV
- Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
- DARBY
- And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?
- BLB
- And Boaz said to his young man who was set over the reapers, “To whom [is] this young woman?”
- ÅB
- Og Boas sa til den av sine tjenere som var satt over høstfolkene: Hvem tilhører denne pike?
- OTB
- Boas spurte sin oppsynsmann over høstfolkene: «Hvem tilhører denne unge kvinnen?»
- B1930
- Og Boas sa til den av sine tjenere som var satt over høstfolkene: Hvem tilhører denne pike?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 2:11–12
Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
Read in contextRuth 4:21
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
Read in context