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.'


In Context

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

2 And Ruth the Moabitess saith unto Naomi, 'Let me go, I pray thee, into the field, and I gather among the ears of corn after him in whose eyes I find grace;' and she saith to her, 'Go, my daughter.'

3 And she goeth and cometh and gathereth in a field after the reapers, and her chance happeneth — the portion of the field is Boaz's who is of the family of Elimelech.

4 And 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.'

5 And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, 'Whose is this young person?'

6 And the young man who is set over the reapers answereth and saith, 'A young woman — Moabitess — she is, who came back with Naomi from the fields 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, |Yahweh be with you.| They answered him, |Yahweh bless you.|

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.