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Ruth 2:19-21
Good News Translation
Ruth 2:19-21
Good News Translation
19 Naomi asked her, “Where did you gather all this grain today? Whose field have you been working in? May God bless the man who took an interest in you!”
So Ruth told Naomi that she had been working in a field belonging to a man named Boaz.
20 (A)“May the Lord bless Boaz!” Naomi exclaimed. “The Lord always keeps his promises to the living and the dead.” And she went on, “That man is a close relative of ours, one of those responsible for taking care of us.”
21 Then Ruth said, “Best of all, he told me to keep gathering grain with his workers until they finish the harvest.”
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Ruth 2:19-21
New International Version
Ruth 2:19-21
New International Version
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(A)”
Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
20 “The Lord bless him!(B)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(C) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(D) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(E) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[a](F)”
21 Then Ruth the Moabite(G) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”
Footnotes
- Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).
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