Ruth 2:5
New International Version
Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

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

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

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

King James Bible
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel 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 American Standard Bible
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

NASB 1995
Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “Whose young woman is this?”

NASB 1977
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?”

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Boaz said to the boy who was standing by the laborers: “What is the story of this girl?”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose is this damsel?

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Boaz asked the young man in charge of his reapers, "Who is this young woman?"

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

International Standard Version
At this point, Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, "To whom does this young woman belong?"

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

Literal Standard Version
And Boaz says to his young man who is set over the reapers, “Whose [is] this young person?”

Majority Standard Bible
And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

New American Bible
Boaz asked the young man overseeing his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

NET Bible
Boaz asked his servant in charge of the harvesters, "To whom does this young woman belong?"

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

New Heart English Bible
Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, "Whose young woman 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 Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”

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

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Context
Boaz Meets Ruth
4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied. 5And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?” 6The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.…

Cross References
Ruth 2:4
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, "The LORD be with you." "The LORD bless you," they replied.

Ruth 2:6
The foreman answered, "She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.


Treasury of Scripture

Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Ruth 4:21
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

1 Chronicles 2:11,12
And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, …

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Ruth 2
1. Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz
4. Boaz takes notice of her
8. and shows her great favor
18. That which she got, she carries to Naomi














Verse 5. - And Boaz said to the young man who was set over the reapers, Whose is that young woman! His eye had been instantaneously arrested by the handsome stranger. Perhaps, as Jarchi remarks, he took note of the modest and graceful carriage of her person while she picked up industriously the straggled stalks. It is too Rabbinic, however, and artificial, finical, bizarre, to suppose with the same Jewish annotator that Boaz would notice with admiration that, while she picked up zealously all available couples of stalks, she left the triplets in the field unappropriated! The question which he put to the overseer is not who but whose is that young woman! She had not the gait or air of an ordinary pauper, and hence he wondered if she could belong to any of the families in Bethlehem.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Boaz
בֹּ֙עַז֙ (bō·‘az)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1162: Boaz -- 'quickness', an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple

asked
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the foreman
לְנַעֲר֔וֹ (lə·na·‘ă·rōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his harvesters,
הַקּֽוֹצְרִ֑ים (haq·qō·wṣ·rîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

“Whose
לְמִ֖י (lə·mî)
Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

young woman
הַנַּעֲרָ֥ה (han·na·‘ă·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden

is this?”
הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,


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