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


In Context

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

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter."

3 So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

Ruth 2:1 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.

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.