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ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Naomi had a kinsman
of
her husband's
, a mighty
man of wealth,
of
the family
of Elimelech, and
his
name was Boaz.
Now
Naomi had a relative
on
her husband’s
side
, a prominent
man of noble
character
from
the clan
of Elimelech, whose
name was Boaz.
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto
Naomi, Let me now
go to
the field,
and glean among
the
ears
of grain after him
in whose sight I shall
find favor. And
she
said
unto
her,
Go, my daughter.
And Ruth the Moabitess said to
Naomi, “Please
let me go into
the fields
and glean heads
of grain after someone
in whose sight I may
find favor. ”
“
Go ahead
, my daughter ,”
Naomi
replied
.
And she
went ,
and
came
and
gleaned
in
the field after the reapers:
and her
hap
was
to light
on
the portion
of the field belonging unto
Boaz, who was of
the family
of Elimelech.
So
Ruth
departed
and went out
into
the field and
gleaned
after the harvesters.
And she
happened
to come
to
the part
of the field belonging to
Boaz, who was from
the clan
of Elimelech.
And,
behold,
Boaz came
from Bethlehem ,
and said unto
the reapers
, Jehovah
be with you. And
they
answered
him,
Jehovah
bless thee
.
Just
then
Boaz arrived
from Bethlehem and said to
the harvesters
, “The
LORD
be with you. ”
“The
LORD
bless you,”
they
replied
.
Then
said
Boaz unto
his
servant
that
was
set
over
the reapers
, Whose damsel
is this?
And
Boaz asked
the foreman
of
his
harvesters
, “
Whose young
woman
is this? ”
And
the servant
that
was
set
over
the
reapers
answered and
said
, It
is the Moabitish
damsel
that
came
back
with Naomi out
of
the country
of Moab :
The foreman
answered, “She
is the Moabitess
who
returned
with Naomi from
the land
of Moab .
And
she said, Let me glean ,
I
pray
you,
and gather after
the
reapers
among the sheaves. So she came ,
and hath
continued even
from the
morning until now, save
that she tarried
a little
in the house
.
She has
said, ‘Please
let me glean and gather among the sheaves after
the
harvesters
. ’
So she came out
and has
continued from morning until now, except
that she rested
a short
time
in the shelter
. ”
Then said
Boaz unto
Ruth, Hearest
thou
not
, my daughter ?
Go
not to
glean in another field, neither
pass
from hence
, but abide
here fast
by
my maidens
.
Then Boaz said
to
Ruth, “Listen
, my daughter .
Do
not go
and
glean in another field, and
do
not
go
away
from this
place
, but stay
here close
to
my servant
girls
.
Let thine
eyes be on the field that
they do
reap
, and go
thou
after them:
have
I not
charged
the young men that
they
shall
not touch thee?
and when thou
art
athirst
, go unto
the
vessels,
and drink of
that
which
the young men have drawn
.
Let your
eyes be on the field they are
harvesting
, and follow
along
after these
girls.
Indeed,
I have
ordered
the young men not to
touch you.
And when you
are
thirsty
, go and drink from
the jars
the
young men have filled
. ”
Then
she fell on her face, and
bowed
herself
to the ground, and said unto
him, Why have I found favor in thy
sight,
that thou
shouldest
take knowledge
of me, seeing
I am a foreigner?
At
this,
she fell on her face, bowing
low
to the ground, and said to
him, “
Why have I found such
favor in your
eyes
that you
should
take notice
of me, even
though
I am a foreigner? ”
And
Boaz answered
and
said
unto
her
, It
hath
fully
been showed
me,
all that
thou
hast
done unto
thy
mother-in-law since the death of thy
husband ;
and
how thou
hast
left thy
father and thy
mother ,
and the land of thy
nativity
, and art
come
unto
a people that
thou
knewest
not heretofore
.
Boaz replied
, “I
have
been made
fully
aware
of
all you
have
done for
your
mother-in-law since the death of your
husband ,
how you
left your
father and mother and the land of your
birth
, and how
you
came
to
a people you
did
not know
before
.
Jehovah
recompense
thy
work, and a full
reward be
given
thee
of
Jehovah
, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou
art
come
to
take
refuge.
May
the
LORD
repay
your
work, and may
you
receive
a rich
reward from
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, under whose wings you
have
taken
refuge. ”
Then
she said, Let
me
find favor in thy
sight,
my
lord
, for that
thou
hast
comforted me,
and for
that
thou
hast
spoken kindly unto
thy
handmaid
, though I be
not as
one of thy
handmaidens
.
“My
lord,”
she said, “may
I
continue
to
find favor in your
eyes
, for you
have
comforted and spoken kindly to
your
maidservant
, though I am
not like
one of your
servant
girls
. ”
And
at meal-time
Boaz said unto
her, Come hither,
and
eat
of
the
bread ,
and dip thy
morsel
in
the vinegar. And
she sat beside the reapers
, and they
reached
her parched
grain, and she did
eat,
and was sufficed,
and left thereof
.
At mealtime
Boaz said to
her, “
Come over
here;
have
some
bread and dip it
into
the vinegar sauce
. ”
So
she sat down
beside the harvesters
, and he
offered
her roasted
grain, and she ate
and was satisfied
and had
some
left over
.
And
when she
was
risen
up to glean, Boaz commanded
his young men, saying,
Let
her
glean
even among the sheaves, and
reproach
her
not.
When Ruth
got
up to glean, Boaz ordered
his young men, “
Even if
she
gathers
among the sheaves, do
not insult
her
.
And
also
pull out some
for her from the bundles ,
and leave it,
and
let
her glean,
and
rebuke her not
.
Rather,
pull out for her some
stalks
from the bundles and leave them
for
her to
gather.
Do
not
rebuke her. ”
So she
gleaned
in the field until even;
and she beat out that
which
she had gleaned, and
it was about an ephah of barley.
So Ruth
gathered
grain
in the field until evening.
And when
she beat out what
she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
And
she took
it
up ,
and went into the city;
and
her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned :
and she brought forth
and gave to her
that
which
she
had
left
after
she
was
sufficed
.
She picked
up the
grain
and went into the town,
where
her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned .
And she brought out
what
she
had
saved
from
her
meal
and gave it
to Naomi
.
And
her mother-in-law said
unto
her, Where hast
thou
gleaned
to-day?
and where hast
thou
wrought
? blessed be he
that
did
take
knowledge
of
thee
. And
she showed
her mother-in-law with
whom
she had wrought,
and
said,
The man's
name with
whom
I wrought
to-day
is Boaz.
Then
her mother-in-law asked
her, “
Where did
you
glean
today,
and where did
you
work
? Blessed be the
man
who
noticed
you
. ”
So
she told
her mother-in-law where
she had worked.
“
The name of
the
man
I worked
with
today
is Boaz ,”
she
said
.
And
Naomi said unto
her daughter-in-law, Blessed
be
he of
Jehovah
, who hath
not left
off
his kindness to
the living and
to
the dead. And
Naomi said
unto
her
, The man is nigh
of
kin
unto
us,
one of our near
kinsmen
.
Then
Naomi said to
her daughter-in-law, “May
he be
blessed
by
the
LORD
, who has
not withdrawn
His kindness from
the living or
the dead. ”
Naomi continued
, “
The man is a
close
relative.
He
is
one of our kinsman-redeemers
. ”
And
Ruth the Moabitess said, Yea,
he said
unto
me, Thou
shalt
keep
fast
by
my young men ,
until they have ended
all my harvest.
Then
Ruth the Moabitess said, “
He also
told
me, ‘Stay
with
my young men until they have finished
gathering
all my harvest. ’”
And Naomi said unto
Ruth
her daughter-in-law ,
It
is
good
, my daughter, that
thou
go
out
with his maidens
, and
that they
meet
thee
not
in any
other
field.
And Naomi said to
her daughter-in-law Ruth
, “
My daughter, it
is
good
for
you
to
work
with his young
women
, so
that nothing
will
happen
to
you
in another
field. ”
So she
kept
fast
by
the maidens
of Boaz ,
to glean unto
the end
of
barley harvest
and of
wheat harvest;
and she dwelt
with her mother-in-law.
So Ruth
stayed
close
to
the servant
girls
of Boaz to glean grain
until
the barley and wheat harvests
were
finished.
And she lived
with her mother-in-law.
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