^2:3So 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.

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Footnotes

8 Heb “she”; the referent (Ruth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 Heb “and she went and entered [a field] and gleaned in the field behind the harvesters.” Cf. , , “the reapers”; “the workers.”
10 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened to be in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Ruth went out to gather grain behind the harvesters. And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelech.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened by chance upon the tract of field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

KJV 1900King James Version

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

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