Ruth 2:4
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, LORD be with you. And they answered him, LORD bless thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of LORD, to do righteousness and justice, to the end that LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoke
Numbers 6:24LORD bless thee, and keep thee.
Judges 6:12And the agent of LORD appeared to him, and said to him, LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
Ruth 4:11And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. LORD make the woman that has come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel, and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, an
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
Psalms 129:7with which the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:2-4
Ruth in the Field of Boaz. ( b. c. 1312.) 1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 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.… Read the whole commentary →