RUTH 2:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) So Ruth left and went to the field where she picked up heads of grain after the harvesters, and it just so happened that that part of the field belonged to Boaz who was Elimelek’s relative.

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ ἐπορεύθη· καὶ ἐλθοῦσα συνέλεξεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ κατόπισθε τῶν θεριζόντων· καὶ περιέπεσε περιπτώματι τῇ μερίδι τοῦ ἀγροῦ Βοὸζ, τοῦ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας Ἐλιμέλεχ.
(Kai eporeuthaʸ; kai elthousa sunelexen en tōi agrōi katopisthe tōn therizontōn; kai periepese periptōmati taʸ meridi tou agrou Booz, tou ek taʸs sungeneias Elimeleⱪ. )

BrTr And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Booz, of the kindred of Elimelech.

ULT So she left and went to glean in the field after the reapers. And her chance chanced upon the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

UST So Ruth went. When she got to the fields, she followed the harvesters and picked up grain. The part of the field that she was working in just happened to belong to Boaz, Elimelek’s relative.

BSB § 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.

OEB So she went to glean in the field after the reapers. As it happened, she was in that part of the field which belonged to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(3-4)And so she set out. She went and started gleaning in a field, following in the wake of the harvesters. Eventually she ended up in the part of the field owned by Boaz, her father-in-law Elimelech’s relative. A little later Boaz came out from Bethlehem, greeting his harvesters, “God be with you!” They replied, “And God bless you!”

NET So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

LSV And she goes and comes and gathers in a field after the reapers, and her chance happens—the portion of the field is Boaz’s who [is] of the family of Elimelech.

FBV So she went and picked up grain the reapers had left behind. She happened to be working in a field that belonged to Boaz, a relative of Elimelech.

T4T So Ruth went to the fields and began to pick up some of the left-over grain. And it happened that she was working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the man from the clan of her dead father-in-law, Elimelech!

LEB So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened by chance upon the tract of field belonging to[fn] Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

2:3 Literally “was for”

BBE 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.

Moff No Moff RUTH book available

JPS 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 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.

DRA She went therefore and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers. And it happened that the owner of that field was Booz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

YLT 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.

Drby 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.

RV 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.

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

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

2.3 hap…: Heb. hap happened

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her happe was to light on a part of the fielde belonging vnto Boaz, who was of the kinred of Elimelech.
(And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her happen was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kinred of Elimelech.)

2:3 Heb, happe happened.

2:3 Called Mat. 1.5. Booz.

Bshps And she went, and came to the fielde, and gathered after the reapers: and so it was, that the same fielde parteyned vnto Booz, whiche was of the kinred of Elimelech.
(And she went, and came to the field, and gathered after the reapers: and so it was, that the same field pertained unto Booz, which was of the kinred of Elimelech.)

Gnva 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.
(And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and it came to pass, that she met with the portion of the field of Boaz, who was of the familie of Elimelech. )

Cvdl She wete on, & came & gathered after ye reapers in ye feld. And it fortuned that the same felde was the enheritaunce of Boos, which was of the kynred of Elimelech,
(She went on, and came and gathered after ye/you_all reapers in ye/you_all feld. And it fortuned that the same field was the inheritance of Boos, which was of the kynred of Elimelech,)

Wyc Therfor `sche yede, and gaderide eeris of corn after the backis of reperis. Forsothe it bifelde, that `thilke feeld hadde a lord, Booz bi name, that was of the kynrede of Elymelech.
(Therefore `sche went, and gatherede ears of corn after the backis of reperis. Forsothe it bifelde, that `thilke field had a lord, Booz by name, that was of the kynrede of Elymelech.)

Luth Sie ging hin, kam und las auf, den Schnittern nach, auf dem Felde. Und es begab sich eben, daß dasselbe Feld war des Boas, der von dem Geschlecht Elimelechs war.
(They/She went there, came and las on, the Schnittern after, on to_him Felde. And it gifted itself/yourself/themselves eben, that dasselbe Feld what/which the Boas, the/of_the from to_him Geschlecht Elimelechs was.)

ClVg Abiit itaque et colligebat spicas post terga metentium. Accidit autem ut ager ille haberet dominum nomine Booz, qui erat de cognatione Elimelech.[fn]
(He_went_away therefore and colligebat spicas after back metentium. Accidit however as ager ille haberet dominum nomine Booz, who was about cognatione Elimelech. )

2.3 Accidit. Quia sancta Ecclesia ad Christum pertinet, cujus sponsa et corpus est. De quo dicitur: Fortitudo mea et laus mea Dominus Psal. 117.. Et alibi-Dominus fortis et potens. Dominus potens in prælio Psal. 23.. Ipse est cognatus Elimelech, qui de Bethlehem et de stirpe David natus, testimonium habet a lege et prophetis. Hic verba salutis et pacis familiæ suæ attulit, in cujus nativitate cecinerunt angeli, Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra, etc. Luc. 2.. Cui venienti in Jerusalem obvia turba clamavit, dicens: Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini Matth. 21..

2.3 Accidit. Because sancta Ecclesia to Christum belongs, cuyus sponsa and body it_is. De quo it_is_said: Fortitudo mea and laus mea Master Psal. 117.. And alibi-Master fortis and potens. Master powerful in prælio Psal. 23.. Exactly_that it_is cognatus Elimelech, who about Bethlehem and about stirpe David natus, testimony habet from lege and prophetis. Hic words salutis and pacis familiæ suæ attulit, in cuyus nativitate cecinerunt angeli, Gloria in excelsis Deo, and in terra, etc. Luc. 2.. Cui venienti in Yerusalem obvia turba clamavit, saying: Blessed who he_came in nomine Domini Matth. 21..

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