Ruth 2:1
Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very rich, whose name was Booz.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Erat autem viro Elimelech consanguineus, homo potens, et magnarum opum, nomine Booz.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ τῇ Νωεμεὶν ἀνὴρ γνώριμος τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς· ὁ δὲ ἀνὴρ δυνατὸς ἰσχύι ἐκ τῆς συγγενίας Ἀβειμέλεχ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Βόος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י מידע לְאִישָׁ֗הּ אִ֚ישׁ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת אֱלִימֶ֑לֶךְ וּשְׁמ֖וֹ בֹּֽעַז
Haydock's commentary
Booz. The Scripture does not specify how nearly they were related. Rabbi Josue says Elimelech, Salmon, and Tob (chap. iii. 13,) were brothers, and Booz was the son of Salmon, which cannot be refuted, (Serar. q. 1.; Menochius) though the authority and proofs be very weak. It is not, however, more probable that Booz was the brother of Elimelech. Some think that he was not the immediate son of Salmon, as four persons seem too few to fill up the space of 366 years, from the marriage of Rahab till the birth of David. But this is not impossible. (Calmet) See chap. iv. 20.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.