Ruth 2:4 (DBY)

Passage

And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!

Nearby Context

Ruth 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:3 And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Ruth 2:4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem; and he said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you! And they said to him, Jehovah bless thee!

Ruth 2:5 And Boaz said to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?

Ruth 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "boaz", "came", "bethlehem", "said", "reapers", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "boaz", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And she went and she came and..." into verse 5's "And Boaz said to his servant that...", so "behold" and "boaz" belong inside that flow. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "behold" and "boaz" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.