2:3 So Ruth8 went and gathered grain in the fields9 behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up10 in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
tnHeb “she”; the referent (Ruth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9
tnHeb “and she went and entered [a field] and gleaned in the field behind the harvesters.” Cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV “the reapers”; TEV “the workers.”
10
sn The text is written from Ruth’s limited perspective. As far as she was concerned, she randomly picked a spot in the field. But God was providentially at work and led her to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who, as a near relative of Elimelech, was a potential benefactor.