Ruth 2:4 - English Standard Version 2016

⁴ And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you!” And they answered, “The Lord bless you.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you! And they answered him, The Lord bless you!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He said to the harvesters, “May the LORD be with you.” And they said to him, “May the LORD bless you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And behold, he came out of Bethlehem and said to the reapers, "The Lord be with you." They answered him, "May the Lord bless you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ruth 2:4 Cross References

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Genesis 28:3

God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

Psalm 118:26

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We bless you from the house of the Lord.

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!

Jeremiah 31:23

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes: “‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy hill!’

Numbers 6:24

The Lord bless you and keep you;

Luke 1:28

And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”

2 Thessalonians 3:16

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

1 Timothy 6:2

Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.

Joshua 24:15

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Judges 6:12

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

Judges 6:16

And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”

Ruth 2:3

So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

Ruth 2:5

Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

Ruth 4:11

Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem,

1 Samuel 17:37

And David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!”