Ruth 2:4
And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they will keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of 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 man of valor.
Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that hath come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
1 Chronicles 2:51Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
Psalms 129:7With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth 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 →