Ruth 2:3 “So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the har…”

Ruth 2:3

So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

World English Bible

She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

American Standard Version

And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Geneva Bible 1599

And she went, and came and gleaned in the fielde after the reapers, and it came to passe, that she met with the portion of the fielde of Boaz, who was of the familie of Elimelech.

Darby Translation

And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Young's Literal Translation

And she goeth and cometh and gathereth in a field after the reapers, and her chance happeneth — the portion of the field is Boaz's who [is] of the family of Elimelech.

Bible in Basic English

And she went, and came and took up the heads of grain in the field after the cutters; and by chance she went into that part of the field which was the property of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

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Cross references

“gleaned”

2 Thessalonians 3:12 1 Thessalonians 4:11 1 Thessalonians 4:12

2 Thessalonians 3:12 · BSB

We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 · BSB

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

1 Thessalonians 4:12 · BSB

Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

“hap was”

Matthew 10:29 Luke 10:31 2 Kings 8:5 Esther 6:1 Esther 6:2

Matthew 10:29 · BSB

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

Luke 10:31 · BSB

Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

2 Kings 8:5 · BSB

And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, thi…

Esther 6:1 · BSB

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

Esther 6:2 · BSB

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.

4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.

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