Ruth 2:4
And, behold, Booz came from Bethleem, and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you: and they said to him, The Lord bless thee.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose is this damsel?
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
Numbers 6:24The Lord bless thee and keep thee;
Judges 6:12And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty in strength.
Ruth 4:11And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make thy wife who goes into thy house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both together built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name to thee in Bethleem.
1 Chronicles 2:51Salomon the father of Bætha, Lammon the father of Bæthalaem, and Arim the father of Bethgedor.
Psalms 129:7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
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 →