When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
Ruth 3:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now isn’t Boaz our relative? Haven’t you been working with his female servants? This evening he will be winnowing barley on the threshing-floor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And now is not Boaz, with whose maidens you were, our relative? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor. American Standard Version (1901) And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. Common English Bible Now isn’t Boaz, whose young women you were with, our relative? Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. Catholic Public Domain Version This Boaz, whose young women you joined in the field, is our near relative, and this night he will winnow the threshing floor of barley. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman: and, behold, this night he winnoweth barley in the threshing-floor. |
When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side. He was a prominent man of noble character from Elimelech’s family. His name was Boaz.
Then Boaz said to Ruth, ‘Listen, my daughter. Don’t go and gather corn in another field, and don’t leave this one, but stay here close to my female servants.
Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, ‘My daughter, shouldn’t I find rest for you, so that you will be taken care of?
Wash, put on perfumed oil, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing-floor, but don’t let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.