Ruth 2:4
Good News Translation
Some time later Boaz himself arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the workers. "The LORD be with you!" he said. "The LORD bless you!" they answered.

New Revised Standard Version
Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, “The LORD be with you.” They answered, “The LORD bless you.”

Contemporary English Version
When Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and went out to his field, he said to the harvest workers, "The LORD bless you!" They replied, "And may the LORD bless you!"

New American Bible
Soon, along came Boaz from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you,” and they replied, “The LORD bless you.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

The Lord

Psalm 118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

Psalm 129:7,8 Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom. . . .

Luke 1:28 And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.

2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

2 John 1:10,11 If any man come to you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house nor say to him: God speed you. . . .

And they

Ruth 4:11 Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:

Genesis 18:19 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.

Joshua 24:15 But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord,

Psalm 133:1-3 A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity: . . .

1 Timothy 6:2 But they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but serve them the rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who are partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

Context
Boaz Meets Ruth
3She 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. 4And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.5And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this ?…
Cross References
Luke 1:28
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.

Judges 6:12
The angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men.

Ruth 2:3
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.

Ruth 2:5
And Booz said to the young man that was set over the reapers: Whose maid is this ?

Psalm 129:8
And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

Ruth 2:3
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