Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
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
Naomi had a kinsman
of
her husband's
, a mighty
man of wealth,
of
the family
of Elimelech ;
and
his
name was Boaz.
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 Ruth the Moabitess said unto
Naomi, Let me now
go to
the field,
and glean ears
of corn
after him
in whose sight I shall
find grace
. And
she
said
unto
her,
Go, my daughter.
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 she
went ,
and came,
and
gleaned in
the
field
after the reapers:
and her
hap
was
to light
on
a
part of the field belonging unto
Boaz, who was of
the kindred
of Elimelech.
Just
then
Boaz arrived
from Bethlehem and said to
the harvesters
, “
The LORD be with you. ”
“
The LORD bless you,”
they
replied
.
And,
behold,
Boaz came
from Bethlehem ,
and said unto
the reapers
, The LORD be with you. And
they
answered
him,
The LORD bless thee
.
And
Boaz asked
the
foreman
of
his harvesters
, “
Whose young
woman
is this? ”
Then
said
Boaz unto
his servant
that
was
set
over
the
reapers
, Whose damsel
is this?
The foreman
answered, “She
is the Moabitess
who
returned
with Naomi from
the land
of Moab .
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 :
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
. ”
And
she said, I
pray
you,
let me glean and gather after
the
reapers
among the sheaves :
so she came ,
and hath
continued even
from the
morning until now, that she tarried
a little
in the house
.
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.
Then said Boaz
unto
Ruth, Hearest
thou
not
, my daughter ?
Go not
to
glean in another field, neither
go from hence
, but abide
here fast
by
my maidens:
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
. ”
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
.
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
? ”
Then
she fell on her face, and
bowed
herself
to the ground, and said unto
him, Why have I found grace
in thine
eyes ,
that thou
shouldest
take knowledge
of me, seeing
I am a stranger
?
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
.
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 thine
husband :
and
how thou
hast
left thy
father and thy
mother ,
and the land of thy
nativity
, and art
come
unto
a people which
thou
knewest
not heretofore
.
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
. ”
The LORD recompense
thy
work, and a full
reward be
given
thee
of
the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou
art
come
to
trust
.
“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
. ”
Then
she said, Let
me
find favor in thy
sight
, my
lord;
for that
thou
hast
comforted me,
and for
that
thou
hast
spoken friendly
unto
thine
handmaid
, though I be
not like unto
one of thine
handmaidens
.
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
Boaz said unto
her, At
mealtime
come thou
hither,
and
eat
of
the
bread ,
and dip thy
morsel
in
the vinegar. And
she sat beside the reapers:
and he reached
her parched
corn
, and she did
eat,
and was sufficed,
and left.
When Ruth
got
up to glean, Boaz ordered
his young men, “
Even if
she
gathers
among the sheaves, do
not
insult
her .
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:
Rather,
pull
out
for
her
some stalks
from
the bundles
and leave them for
her
to
gather.
Do
not
rebuke her. ”
And
let
fall
also
some of
the handfuls
of
purpose
for
her,
and leave them ,
that
she
may
glean
them,
and
rebuke her not
.
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.
So she
gleaned
in the field until even,
and beat out that
she had gleaned :
and
it was about an ephah of barley.
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
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
she
had
reserved
after
she
was
sufficed
.
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
her mother in law said
unto
her, Where hast
thou
gleaned
to
day?
and where wroughtest
thou
? 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
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
Naomi said unto
her daughter in law, Blessed be
he
of
the LORD, who hath
not left
off
his kindness to
the living and
to
the dead. And
Naomi said
unto
her
, The man is near
of
kin
unto
us,
one of our next
kinsmen
.
Then
Ruth the Moabitess said, “
He also
told
me, ‘Stay
with
my young men until they have finished
gathering
all my harvest. ’”
And
Ruth the Moabitess said, He said
unto
me also
, Thou
shalt
keep
fast
by
my young men ,
until they have ended
all my harvest.
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. ”
And Naomi said unto
Ruth
her daughter in law, It is good ,
my
daughter,
that
thou
go
out
with his maidens
, that they
meet
thee
not
in any
other
field.
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.
So she
kept
fast
by
the maidens
of Boaz to glean unto
the end
of
barley harvest
and of
wheat harvest;
and dwelt
with her mother in law.
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