Ruth 2:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

Job 1:3

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east

Job 31:25

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because mine hand had gotten much;

Matthew 1:5

and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

Luke 3:32

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

Ruth 1:2

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 3:12

And now it is true that I am a near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

Ruth 3:2

And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

Ruth 4:21

and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed;