4Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, |Yahweh be with you.| They answered him, |Yahweh bless you.|


In Context

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

2 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, |Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor.| She said to her, |Go, my daughter.|

3 She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

4 Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, |Yahweh be with you.| They answered him, |Yahweh bless you.|

5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, |Whose young lady is this?|

6 The servant who was set over the reapers answered, |It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.

Ruth 2:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "The Lord be with you!" "The Lord bless you!" they called back.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah bless thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And lo, Boaz hath come from Beth-Lehem, and saith to the reapers, 'Jehovah is with you;' and they say to him, 'Jehovah doth bless thee.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless you.