Ruth 2:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man of the family of Elimelech whose name was Boaz.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW NAOMI had a kinsman of her husband's, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹ Now Naomi had a respected relative, a man of worth, through her husband from the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ But there was a man related to Elimelech, a powerful man, and very wealthy, named Boaz.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ruth 2:1 Cross References

2 Kings 15:20

Menahem exacted the silver from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy, fifty shekels of silver from each one, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.

Job 1:3

He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great or because my hand had gotten much,

Matthew 1:5

and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,

Luke 3:32

son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Sala, son of Nahshon,

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

Ruth 3:12

But now, though it is true that I am a near kinsman, there is another kinsman more closely related than I.

Ruth 3:2

Now here is our kinsman Boaz, with whose young women you have been working. See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

Ruth 4:21

Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed,