2:4 Now at that very moment, 2 Boaz arrived from Bethlehem 3 and greeted 4 the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, 5 “May the Lord bless you!”
129:8 Those who pass by will not say, 6
“May you experience the Lord’s blessing!
We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord.”
1 tn Heb “to Saul.”
2 tn Heb “and look”; NIV, NRSV “Just then.” The narrator invites the audience into the story, describing Boaz’s arrival as if it were witnessed by the audience.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
4 tn Heb “said to.” Context indicates that the following expression is a greeting, the first thing Boaz says to his workers.
5 tn Heb “said to him.” For stylistic reasons “replied” is used in the present translation.
6 tn The perfect verbal form is used for rhetorical effect; it describes an anticipated development as if it were already reality.