1Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.


In Context

1 Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to her mother in law: If thou wilt, I will go into the field, and glean the ears of corn that escape the hands of the reapers, wheresoever I shall find grace with a householder that will be favourable to me. And she answered her: Go, my daughter.

3 She went therefore and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers. And it happened that the owner of that field was Booz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

Ruth 2:1 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, from the clan of Elimelech, a man of standing, whose name was Boaz.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1And Naomi had a relation of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1And Naomi hath an acquaintance of her husband's, a man mighty in wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name is Boaz.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.