Ruth 2:4
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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.Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
In other translations
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.Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
Hebrew words
וְהִנֵּה־vehineh-and there!H2009בֹעַזvo'azBoazH1162בָּאba'[was] comingH935מִבֵּיתmibeitfrom Beth-H1035לֶחֶםlechem-lehemH1035וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לַקּוֹצְרִיםlakotzrimto the harvestersH7114יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068עִמָּכֶם'imakhem[be] with youH5973וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559לוֹloto <the> himיְבָרֶכְךָyevarekhkhamay he bless youH1288יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
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Related verses
- Psalm 129:7-87 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.7 unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. 8 May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”
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- 2 Timothy 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- Psalm 118:26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
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- Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
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- Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
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People and places
People: Boaz
Places: Bethlehem