Ruth 2:3-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

³ So Ruth went. She entered a field and gathered the grain left behind by the reapers. Now it happened that she ended up in the part of the field that belonged to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

⁴ Just then, Boaz was coming from Bethlehem, and he said to his reapers, “May the Lord be with all of you!”

They answered him, “May the Lord bless you!”

⁵ Boaz asked the young man in charge of his reapers, “Who is this young woman?”