Verse 2

And now, is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Er ikke Boaz, vår slektning, som du har vært sammen med hans unge kvinnelige arbeidere, nå på vei for å trøske byggkornet sitt i natt?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og nå, er ikke Boas, vår slektning, med hvis kvinner du har vært? Se, han kaster bygg i treskeplassen i natt.

• Norsk King James

  Og nå, er ikke Boaz av vår slekt, hos hvem du var med jentene? Se, han trør bygg i kveld på treskeplassen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nå, er ikke Boas, som du har vært hos sammen med de unge kvinnene, en av våre slektninger? Se, i natt vil han rense bygg på treskeplassen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  "Og nå, er ikke Boas, vår slektning, med de tjenestejentene du har vært sammen med? Han kaster bygg på treskeplassen i natt."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og nå er ikke Boas vår slektning, han som du var sammen med tjenestepikene til? Se, han renser bygg i natt på treskeplassen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Er det ikke Boaz, vår slektning, med hvis tjenestepiker du var? Se, han siler bygg i kveld på treskeplassen.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og nå er ikke Boas vår slektning, han som du var sammen med tjenestepikene til? Se, han renser bygg i natt på treskeplassen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og nå, er ikke Boas, vår slektning, han som du har vært sammen med i hans tjenestepiker? Se, i natt kaster han bygg på treskeplassen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now is not Boaz, our relative, with whose young women you have been working? Tonight, he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og nå, er ikke Boas, vår slektning, med hvis tjenestepiker du har vært? Se, han kaster bygg på treskeplassen i natt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og nu, mon ikke Boas, hos hvis unge Piger du har været, være af vort Frændskab? see, han kaster Byg inat paa Loen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og er ikke Boaz vår slektning, han som du var sammen med tjenerinnene hans? Se, i natt rensker han bygg på treskeplassen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Er ikke Boas vår slektning, hos hvis tjenestepiker du var? Se, han skal kaste bygg i natt på treskeplassen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og nå, er ikke Boas en vi kjenner, han som du har vært sammen med de unge kvinnene hans? Se, i natt kaster han bygg på treskeplassen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og er ikke Boas vår slektning, han som du var hos sammen med hans kvinnelige tjenere? Se, i natt kaster han bygg på treskeplassen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og nå, er det ikke Boas, vår slektning, som du var sammen med de unge kvinnene hans? Se, i natt skiller han kornet fra avfallet på treskeplassen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Boos oure kynsman, by whose damsels thou hast bene, casteth vp barlye now this night in his barne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now also is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maides thou wast? beholde, he winoweth barly to night in the floore.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And is not Booz our kinsman, with whose maydens thou wast? Beholde, he winnoweth barlie to night in the thresshing floore.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley to-night,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And now, is there not Boaz, our relation, with whose young women you were? See, tonight he is separating the grain from the waste in his grain-floor.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

Referenced Verses

• Ruth 2:8 : 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field or leave this place, but stay here close to my maidens.
• Ruth 2:20-23 : 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not forsaken his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, This man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest. 22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, that they may not meet you in any other field. 23 So she stayed close by the maidens of Boaz to glean until the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest and lived with her mother-in-law.
• Heb 2:11-14 : 11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare Your name to my brethren, in the midst of the church I will sing praise to You. 13 And again, I will put my trust in Him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God has given me. 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil;
• Deut 25:5-9 : 5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not be put out of Israel. 7 And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.' 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands firm, and says, 'I do not want to take her,' 9 Then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his shoe from his foot, spit in his face, and shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.' 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his shoe removed.'
• Ruth 2:1 : 1 And Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.