Discovery BoxRuth 2:12 
Context2:12 May the Lord reward your efforts! 1 May your acts of kindness be repaid fully 2 by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!” 3
Ruth 4:12
Context4:12 May your family 4 become like the family of Perez 5 – whom Tamar bore to Judah – through the descendants 6 the Lord gives you by this young woman.”
1 tn Heb “repay your work”; KJV, ASV “recompense thy work.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer (note the jussive form in the next clause).
2 tn Heb “may your wages be complete”; NCV “May your wages be paid in full.” The prefixed verbal form is a distinct jussive form, indicating that this is a prayer for blessing.
3 tn Heb “under whose wings you have sought shelter”; NIV, NLT “have come to take refuge.”
4 tn Heb “your house” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, from the offspring whom the
sn Perez is an appropriate comparison here, because (1) he was an ancestor of Boaz, (2) he was born to Tamar by a surrogate father (Judah) after the death of her husband, and (3) he had an unbroken line of male descendants extending over several generations (see vv. 18-22).
6 tn Heb “from the seed” (KJV, ASV both similar); NASB, NIV “through the offspring”; NRSV “through the children.”
