Ruth 2:5 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 2:5

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

His servant that was set over the reapers - This was a kind of steward or hind who had the under management of the estate.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בֹּ֙עַז֙	bo.'az	Boaz	H1162 →
לְנַעֲר֔וֹ	le.na.'a.Ro	to servant his	H5288 →
הַנִּצָּ֖ב	ha.ni.Tzav	who was appointed	H5324 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
הַקּֽוֹצְרִ֑ים	ha.kotz.Rim	the harvesters	H7114 →
לְמִ֖י	le.Mi	[belongs] to whom?	H4310 →
הַנַּעֲרָ֥ה	ha.na.'a.Rah	the young woman	H5291 →
הַזֹּֽאת׃	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk3

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ruth 4:21
Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
leads to
- Luke 3:32
  the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
- Matthew 1:5
  Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
- 1 Chronicles 2:11–12
  Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.