Ruth 2:5

And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this?

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

In Context

4And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

6And he answered him: This is the Moabitess who came with Noemi, from the land of Moab,

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:11And Nahasson beget Salma, the father of Boot.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 2:5-17

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. ( b. c. 1312.) 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and… Read the whole commentary →

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