Ruth 2:5

Geneva Bible

Then saide Boaz vnto his seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, Whose maide is this?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Boaz asked his servant who was in charge of the harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

Hebrew Names Version
Then said Bo`az to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose young lady is this?

King James Version
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Lexham English Bible
And Boaz said to his servant in charge of the reapers, "To whom does this young woman belong?"

English Standard Version
Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

New Century Version
Then Boaz asked his servant in charge of the workers, "Whose girl is that?"

New English Translation
Boaz asked his servant in charge of the harvesters, "To whom does this young woman belong?"

Amplified Bible
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

New American Standard Bible
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

Contemporary English Version
Then Boaz asked the man in charge of the harvest workers, "Who is that young woman?"

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Bo‘az asked his servant supervising the reapers, "Whose girl is this?"

Darby Translation
And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Boaz spoke to his servant who was in charge of the workers. He asked, "Whose girl is that?"

George Lamsa Translation
Then Boaz said to the young man who was in charge of the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Good News Translation
Boaz asked the man in charge, "Who is that young woman?"

Literal Translation
And Boaz said to his young man who had been set over the reapers, Whose is this young woman?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Boos sayde vnto his yongman which had the ouersight of ye reapers. Whose damsell is this?

American Standard Version
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Bible in Basic English
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in authority over the cutters, Whose girl is this?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Booz vnto his young man that stode by the reapers? Whose damosel is this?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers: 'Whose damsel is this?'

King James Version (1611)
Then said Boaz vnto his seruant, that was set ouer the reapers, Whose damosell is this?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose is this damsel?

English Revised Version
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? r

Berean Standard Bible
And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, "Whose young woman is this?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Booz seide to the yong man that was souereyn to the reperis, Who is this damysel?

Young's Literal Translation
And Boaz saith to his young man who is set over the reapers, `Whose [is] this young person?'

Update Bible Version
Then Boaz said to his attendant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel [is] this?

World English Bible
Then said Boaz to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose young lady is this?

New King James Version
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

New Living Translation
Then Boaz asked his foreman, "Who is that young woman over there? Who does she belong to?"

New Life Bible
Then Boaz said to his servant who was watching over those who gathered grain, "Whose young woman is this?"

New Revised Standard
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "To whom does this young woman belong?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Boaz to his young man, that was set over the reapers, - Whose is this maiden?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this?

Revised Standard Version
Then Bo'az said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose maiden is this?"

THE MESSAGE
Boaz asked his young servant who was foreman over the farm hands, "Who is this young woman? Where did she come from?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?"

Contextual Overview

⁴ And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and saide vnto the reapers, The Lord be with you: and they answered him, The Lord blesse thee. ⁵ Then saide Boaz vnto his seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, Whose maide is this? ⁶ And the seruant that was appointed ouer the reapers, answered, and said, It is the Moabitish maide, that came with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab: ⁷ And shee saide vnto vs, I pray you, let mee gleane and gather after the reapers among the sheaues: so shee came, and hath continued from that time in the morning vnto now, saue that she taried a litle in the house. ⁸ Then said Boaz vnto Ruth, Hearest thou, my daughter? goe to none other fielde to gather, neither goe from hence: but abide here by my maydens. ⁹ Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reape, and goe thou after the maidens. Haue I not charged the seruants, that they touche thee not? Moreouer whe thou art a thirst, go vnto ye vessels, and drinke of that which ye seruants haue drawen. ¹⁰ Then shee fell on her face, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and said vnto him, How haue I found fauour in thine eyes, that thou shouldest know me, seeing I am a stranger? ¹¹ And Boaz answered, & said vnto her, All is told and shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe, since the death of thine husband, and how thou hast left thy father & thy mother, and ye land where thou wast borne, & art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time past. ¹² The Lord recompense thy worke, and a ful reward be giuen thee of the Lord God of Israel, vnder whose wings thou art come to trust. ¹³ Then she saide, Let me finde fauour in thy sight, my lord: for thou hast comforted mee, and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde, though I be not like to one of thy maydes.

Bible Verse Review
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Ruth 4:21, 1 Chronicles 2:11, 1 Chronicles 2:12

Reciprocal: Ruth 4:13 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
(For out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree pleasant to the sight, and good for meate: the tree of life also in the middes of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and of euill.

Genesis 2:11
The name of one is Pishon: the same compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where is golde.

Genesis 2:12
And the golde of that land is good: there is Bdelium, and the Onix stone.

Genesis 3:23
Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.

Genesis 4:2
And againe she brought foorth his brother Habel, & Habel was a keeper of sheepe, and Kain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:12
When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.

Job 5:10
He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,

Psalms 104:14
He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,

Psalms 135:7
He bringeth vp the cloudes fro the ends of the earth, & maketh the lightnings with ye raine: he draweth foorth the winde out of his treasures.

Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can giue raine? or can the heauens giue showres? is it not thou, O Lorde our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,.... To direct them their work, what part each was to do, and to see that they did it well; to take care for provisions for them, and to pay them their wages when their work was done. Josephus t calls him

αγροκομος, that had the care of the field, and all things relative to it; the Jews u say, he was set over two and forty persons, whom he had the command of:

whose damsel is this? to whom does she belong? of what family is she? whose daughter is she? or whose wife? for he thought, as Aben Ezra notes, that she was another man's wife; the Targum is, of what nation is she? perhaps her dress might be somewhat different from that of the Israelitish women.

t Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 2. u Midrash Ruth, fol. 32. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 2:5. His servant that was set over the reapers — This was a kind of steward or hind who had the under management of the estate. Some think that an officer of this kind is intended in the description given by Homer of the labours of a harvest field, as represented by Vulcan on one compartment of the shield which he made for Achilles: -

Εν δ' ετιθει τεμενος βαθυληΐον· ενθα δ εριθοι

Ἡμων, οξειας δρεπανας εν χερσιν εχοντες·

Δραγματα δ' αλλα μετ' ογμον επμον επητριμα πιπτον εραζε,

Αλλα δ' αμαλλοδετηρες εν ελλεδανοισι δεοντο.

Τρεις δ' αρ' αμαλλοδετηρες εφεστασαν· αυταρ οπισθε

Παιδες δραγμευοντες, εν αγκαλιδεσσι φεροντες,

Ασπερχες παρεχον· βασιλευς δ' εν τοισι σιωπῃ

Σκηπτρον εχων ἑστηκει επ' ογμου γηθοσυνος κηρ.

Κηρυκες δ' απανευθεν ὑπο δρυΐ δαιτα πενοντο·

Βουν δ' ἱερευσαντες μεγαν, αμφεπον· αἱ δε γυναικες

Δειπνον εριθοισιν, λευκ' αλφιτα πολλα παλυνον.

Iliad xviii., v. 550.

There too he form'd the likeness of a field

Crowded with corn, in which the reapers toil'd,

Each with a sharp-tooth'd sickle in his hand.

Along the furrow here, the harvest fell

In frequent handfuls; there, they bound the sheaves.

Three binders of the sheaves their sultry task

All plied industrious, and behind them boys

Attended, filling with the corn their arms,

And offering still their bundles to be bound.

Amid them, staff in hand, the master stood,

Enjoying, mute the order of the field:

While, shaded by an oak, apart his train

Prepared the banquet - a well thriven ox

New slain, and the attendant maidens mix'd

Large supper for the hinds, of whitest flour.

COWPER.

This scene is well described; and the person who acts as overseer is here called βασιλευς, king, and his staff is called σκηπτρον, a sceptre; and he stands in mute dignity, merely to see that the work is well done, and that each person performs his task; and there appear to me to be gleaners in the description, viz., the boys who gather the handfuls after the three binders. See the Greek.