1 Samuel 15:13

15:13 When Samuel came to him, ¹  Saul said to him, “May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said.”

Ruth 2:4

Boaz and Ruth Meet

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!”

Psalms 129:8

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.”

[15:13]  ¹ tn Heb “to Saul.”

[2:4]  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.

[2:4]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “said to.” Context indicates that the following expression is a greeting, the first thing Boaz says to his workers.

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “said to him.” For stylistic reasons “replied” is used in the present translation.

[129:8]  ⁶ tn The perfect verbal form is used for rhetorical effect; it describes an anticipated development as if it were already reality.