Ruth 3:10

Hebrew	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּרוּכָ֨הplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigבָרַךְ Meaning * To kneel * To bless God as an act of adoration * To bless man as a benefit * Sometimes, to curse Verb, appearing approximately 330 times in the Old Testament. The word בָרַךְ marks important moments of covenant, worship, inheritance and hope.Genesis 1:28Psalm 103:1Numbers 6:24 אַ֤תְּ לַֽיהוָה֙plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigיְהוָֹה hebrew Meaning * Yahweh - God's personal name It is not a generic term for “god”, but rather the word יְהוָֹה (YHWH) is the name by which God uniquely identifies himself in the Old Testament. First appearing in Genesis 2:4, it occurs over 6,000 times in the Old Testament.Exodus 3:14Deuteronomy 6:4Psalm 23:1Romans 10:13Joel 2:32Exodus 20:7Psalm 18:1Exodus 15:3Psalm 8:1Genesis 2:41 Samuel 1:3Judges 6:24Genesis 22:14Jeremiah 23:6 בִּתִּ֔י הֵיטַ֛בְתְּ חַסְדֵּ֥ךְ הָאַחֲר֖וֹן מִן הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן לְבִלְתִּי לֶ֗כֶת אַחֲרֵי֙ הַבַּ֣חוּרִ֔ים אִם דַּ֖ל וְאִם עָשִֽׁיר
ESV	And he said, “May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
NIV	“The LORD bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
NLT	“The LORD bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.
LXX	καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” εἶπεν Βοος εὐλογημένη σὺ τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κυρίῳ θεῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God θύγατερ ὅτι ἠγάθυνας τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἔλεός σου τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἔσχατον ὑπὲρ τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article πρῶτον τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article μὴ πορευθῆναί σε ὀπίσω νεανιῶν εἴτοι πτωχὸς εἴτοι πλούσιος
KJV	And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

^{Ruth 3:9 ← Ruth 3:10 → Ruth 3:11}

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