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Ruth 2:5
Ruth 2:5 is verse 5 of Ruth chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
King James Version
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
World English Bible
Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”
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Ruth 2:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
5 And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
6 The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
7 She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ruth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
1 Chronicles 2:11Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
1 Chronicles 2:12Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.