KJV King James Version
And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
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Ruth 3:2
And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
WEB World English Bible
Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.
ASV American Standard Version
And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,
Surrounding context — Ruth 3
1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
2 And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעַתָּ֗הH6258 · at.tahnowהֲלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotבֹ֙עַז֙H1162 · bo.azBoazמֹֽדַעְתָּ֔נוּH4130 · mo.da.atkinsmanאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהָיִ֖יתH1961 · ha.yahto beאֶת־H854 · etwithנַעֲרוֹתָ֑יוH5291 · na.a.rahmaidenהִנֵּה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itזֹרֶ֛הH2219 · za.rahto scatterאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גֹּ֥רֶןH1637 · go.renthreshing floorהַשְּׂעֹרִ֖יםH8184 · se.o.rahbarleyהַלָּֽיְלָה׃H3915 · lay.lahnight
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 25:5-10If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.Ruth 2:20-23And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.Ruth 2:8Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:Ruth 2:1And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.Hebrews 2:11-14For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
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