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Ruth 2:3

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.

KJV

Abiit itaque et colligebat spicas post terga metentium. Accidit autem ut ager ille haberet dominum nomine Booz, qui erat de cognatione Elimelech.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπορεύθη, καὶ συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ κατόπισθεν τῶν θεριζόντων· καὶ περιέπεσεν περιπτώματι τῇ μερίδι τοῦ ἀγροῦ Βόος, τοῦ ἐκ συγγενείας Ἀβειμέλεχ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/תֵּ֤לֶךְ וַ/תָּבוֹא֙ וַ/תְּלַקֵּ֣ט בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֖י הַ/קֹּצְרִ֑ים וַ/יִּ֣קֶר מִקְרֶ֔/הָ חֶלְקַ֤ת הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ לְ/בֹ֔עַז אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִ/מִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Boaz

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ
'lymlk
proper_noun · 6×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בֹּֽעַז
b'z
proper_noun · 24×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
ו
v
noun · 717×
חֶלְקַ֥ת
chlqt
noun · 29×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
לִקְט֣וּ
lqtv
verb · 37×
ם
m
noun · 304×
מִקְרֶ֥ה
mqrh
noun · 10×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:11 — And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • 2Thess 3:12 — Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Lev 23:22 — And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave the
  • Luke 10:31 — And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
  • Matt 10:29 — Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.