2 Samuel 14:22

14:22 Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked ¹  the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your ²  servant!”

Ruth 2:4

Boaz and Ruth Meet

2:4 Now at that very moment, ³  Boaz arrived from Bethlehem ⁴  and greeted ⁵  the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, ⁶  “May the Lord bless you!”

¹ tn Heb “blessed.”

² tc The present translation reads with the Qere “your” rather than the MT “his.”

³ 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.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁵ tn Heb “said to.” Context indicates that the following expression is a greeting, the first thing Boaz says to his workers.

⁶ tn Heb “said to him.” For stylistic reasons “replied” is used in the present translation.