Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Naomi
her
mother-in-law said unto
her, My daughter, shall
I not seek rest
for thee
, that it may be well with thee
?
One
day
Ruth’s
mother-in-law Naomi
said to
her, “
My daughter, should
I not seek a
resting
place
for you
, that it may be well with you
?
And
now is not Boaz our
kinsman
, with whose maidens
thou
wast
? Behold
, he winnoweth
barley to-night
in
the threshing -
floor.
Now is not Boaz, with whose servant
girls
you
have
been
working,
a
relative
of
ours
? In
fact
, tonight
he is
winnowing
barley on
the threshing floor.
Wash
thyself
therefore ,
and
anoint
thee
, and
put thy
raiment
upon
thee
, and get
thee
down to the threshing -
floor, but make
not thyself
known
unto
the man ,
until he shall
have
done
eating and drinking.
Therefore wash
yourself
, put on
perfume
, and wear
your
best
clothes.
Go
down to the threshing floor, but do
not let
the man know
you
are
there
until he has
finished
eating and drinking.
And
it
shall
be,
when he lieth
down, that
thou
shalt
mark
the place where he shall
lie,
and
thou
shalt
go in ,
and uncover his feet, and lay
thee
down ;
and he will tell
thee
what thou
shalt
do.
When he lies
down, note
the place where he lies.
Then
go in and uncover his feet, and lie
down ,
and he will explain
to
you
what you
should
do. ”
And
she
said
unto
her,
All
that
thou
sayest
I will do.
“
I will do everything
you
say,”
Ruth
answered
.
And
she went down unto
the threshing -
floor ,
and did according
to
all
that
her mother-in-law bade
her.
So
she went down to
the threshing floor and did everything
her mother-in-law had
instructed
her to
do
.
And
when
Boaz had eaten
and drunk,
and his
heart
was merry
, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain :
and
she
came
softly
, and
uncovered his feet, and laid
her
down.
After
Boaz had finished
eating
and drinking
and was in
good
spirits
, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain .
Then
Ruth
went
in
secretly
, uncovered his feet, and lay
down.
And
it
came
to
pass
at midnight, that
the
man
was afraid
, and
turned himself;
and,
behold
, a
woman
lay
at his feet .
At midnight, Boaz
was startled
, turned over
, and
there
lying
at his feet was
a
woman!
And
he
said,
Who art
thou
? And
she
answered,
I am Ruth thy
handmaid:
spread therefore
thy
skirt
over thy
handmaid;
for thou
art
a near
kinsman.
“
Who are
you
? ”
he
asked.
“
I am your
servant
Ruth ,”
she
replied.
“
Spread the
corner
of
your
garment
over me,
for you
are
a kinsman -redeemer
. ”
And
he
said, Blessed
be
thou
of
Jehovah
, my daughter :
thou
hast
showed
more kindness in
the
latter
end
than at
the
beginning
, inasmuch
as
thou
followedst
not young
men, whether poor
or
rich.
Then
Boaz
said, “May
the
LORD
bless
you
, my daughter .
You
have
shown
more kindness now
than before
, because
you
have
not run
after
the
younger
men, whether rich or
poor
.
And now, my daughter ,
fear
not;
I will do to
thee
all
that
thou
sayest;
for all the
city
of
my people
doth
know that thou
art
a worthy
woman.
And now do
not
be
afraid
, my daughter .
I will do for you
whatever
you
request,
since
all my fellow
townspeople
know that you
are
a woman of
noble
character
.
And
now
it is true that I am a near
kinsman ;
howbeit
there is a kinsman
nearer than I.
Yes,
it is true that I am a kinsman -redeemer,
but
there is a redeemer
nearer than I.
Tarry
this
night
, and it
shall
be
in the morning, that
if he will
perform
unto
thee
the
part
of
a
kinsman
, well;
let him do
the
kinsman's
part:
but if he will
not do
the
part
of
a
kinsman
to thee
, then
will
I
do
the part
of
a
kinsman
to
thee
, as
Jehovah
liveth:
lie down
until the
morning.
Stay
here
tonight
, and in the morning, if he wants
to
redeem
you
, good.
Let him redeem
you.
But if he does
not want
to redeem
you
, as
surely
as
the LORD
lives
, I
will.
Now
lie here
until morning. ”
And
she lay at his feet until the
morning .
And
she rose
up before one
could discern
another
. For
he
said, Let it not
be known that the
woman came to the threshing -
floor.
So
she lay down
at his feet until morning ,
but
she got
up before anyone
else
could recognize
her
. Then
Boaz
said, “Do
not
let it be known that a
woman came to the threshing floor. ”
And he said
, Bring the mantle
that
is
upon
thee,
and hold it ;
and
she held
it;
and
he measured
six `
measures '
of barley ,
and
laid
it
on
her :
and
he went into the city.
And he told
her
, “
Bring the shawl
you
are
wearing
and hold it out.”
When
she did
so,
he shoveled
six measures of barley into
her shawl.
Then
he went into the city.
And
when she
came
to her mother-in-law, she
said
, Who
art
thou
, my daughter? And
she
told her all that the
man
had done to
her.
When Ruth
returned
to her mother-in-law, Naomi
asked
her
, “How
did
it
go
, my daughter? ”
Then
Ruth
told her all that Boaz
had done for
her.
And she said, These six `
measures '
of barley gave
he
me;
for he said, Go
not empty
unto
thy
mother-in-law.
And she said, “He
gave
me
these six measures of barley ,
for he said, ‘Do
not go
back
to
your
mother-in-law empty-handed
. ’”
Then
said
she,
Sit
still
, my daughter, until thou
know
how the
matter
will
fall;
for the
man
will not rest ,
until
he have
finished
the thing
this
day
.
“Wait
, my daughter, ”
said
Naomi,
“
until you
find
out
how things
go,
for he
will not rest unless
he has
resolved
the matter
today
. ”
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