Ruth 2:4
And lo! Boaz coming from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, Yahweh, be with you! and they said to him, Yahweh bless thee!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then said Boaz to his young man, that was set over the reapers,—Whose is this maiden?
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice. To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.
Numbers 6:24Yahweh bless thee, and keep thee:
Judges 6:12so the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto him,—and said unto him, Yahweh, is with thee, thou mighty man of valour!
Ruth 4:11Then said all the people who were in the gate, and the elders—Witnesses!,—Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into thy house, to be as Rachel, and as Leah, which two of them did build the house of Israel. Do thou bravely, then, in Ephrathah, and proclaim thou a name in Bethlehem,
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.
Psalms 129:7Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, 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 →