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19 Her mother-in-law then said to her, “Where did you glean today and where did you [a]work? May he who (A)took notice of you be blessed.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had [b]worked and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.” 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “(B)May he be blessed of Yahweh who has not forsaken his lovingkindness to the living and to the dead.” Then Naomi said to her, “The man is [c]our relative; he is one of our kinsman redeemers.” 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “[d]Furthermore, he said to me, ‘You should [e]stay close to my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 2:19 Lit do, cf. 1:8, 17; 2:11
  2. Ruth 2:19 Lit done, cf. 1:8, 17; 2:11
  3. Ruth 2:20 Lit near to us
  4. Ruth 2:21 Lit Also that
  5. Ruth 2:21 Lit cling, cf. 1:14; 2:8