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Ruth 2:1--3:18

2:1

And Naomi
<05281>

had a kinsman
<04129> (8675) <03045> (8794)

of her husband's
<0376>_,

a mighty
<01368>

man
<0376>

of wealth
<02428>_,

of the family
<04940>

of Elimelech
<0458>_;

and his name
<08034>

[was] Boaz
<01162>_.

{Boaz: Gr. Booz}

2:2

And Ruth
<07327>

the Moabitess
<04125>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Naomi
<05281>_,

Let me now go
<03212> (8799)

to the field
<07704>_,

and glean
<03950> (8762)

ears of corn
<07641>

after
<0310>

[him] in whose sight
<05869>

I shall find
<04672> (8799)

grace
<02580>_.

And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Go
<03212> (8798)_,

my daughter
<01323>_.

2:3

And she went
<03212> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)_,

and gleaned
<03950> (8762)

in the field
<07704>

after
<0310>

the reapers
<07114> (8802)_:

and her hap
<04745>

was to light
<07136> (8799)

on a part
<02513>

of the field
<07704>

[belonging] unto Boaz
<01162>_,

who [was] of the kindred
<04940>

of Elimelech
<0458>_.

{hap...: Heb. hap happened}

2:4

And, behold, Boaz
<01162>

came
<0935> (8802)

from Bethlehem
<01035>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the reapers
<07114> (8802)_,

The LORD
<03068>

[be] with you. And they answered
<0559> (8799)

him, The LORD
<03068>

bless
<01288> (8762)

thee.

2:5

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Boaz
<01162>

unto his servant
<05288>

that was set
<05324> (8737)

over the reapers
<07114> (8802)_,

Whose damsel
<05291>

[is] this?

2:6

And the servant
<05288>

that was set
<05324> (8737)

over the reapers
<07114> (8802)

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

It [is] the Moabitish
<04125>

damsel
<05291>

that came back
<07725> (8804)

with Naomi
<05281>

out of the country
<07704>

of Moab
<04124>_:

2:7

And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

I pray you, let me glean
<03950> (8762)

and gather
<0622> (8804)

after
<0310>

the reapers
<07114> (8802)

among the sheaves
<06016>_:

so she came
<0935> (8799)_,

and hath continued
<05975> (8799)

even
<0227>

from the morning
<01242>

until now, that she tarried
<03427> (8800)

a little
<04592>

in the house
<01004>_.

2:8

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Boaz
<01162>

unto Ruth
<07327>_,

Hearest
<08085> (8804)

thou not, my daughter
<01323>_?

Go
<03212> (8799)

not to glean
<03950> (8800)

in another
<0312>

field
<07704>_,

neither go
<05674> (8799)

from hence, but abide
<01692> (8799)

here fast by my maidens
<05291>_:

2:9

[Let] thine eyes
<05869>

[be] on the field
<07704>

that they do reap
<07114> (8799)_,

and go
<01980> (8804)

thou after
<0310>

them: have I not charged
<06680> (8765)

the young men
<05288>

that they shall not touch
<05060> (8800)

thee? and when thou art athirst
<06770> (8804)_,

go
<01980> (8804)

unto the vessels
<03627>_,

and drink
<08354> (8804)

of [that] which the young men
<05288>

have drawn
<07579> (8799)_.

2:10

Then she fell
<05307> (8799)

on her face
<06440>_,

and bowed
<07812> (8691)

herself to the ground
<0776>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Why have I found
<04672> (8804)

grace
<02580>

in thine eyes
<05869>_,

that thou shouldest take knowledge
<05234> (8687)

of me, seeing I [am] a stranger
<05237>_?

2:11

And Boaz
<01162>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, It hath fully
<05046> (8715)

been shewed
<05046> (8717)

me, all that thou hast done
<06213> (8804)

unto thy mother in law
<02545>

since
<0310>

the death
<04194>

of thine husband
<0376>_:

and [how] thou hast left
<05800> (8799)

thy father
<01>

and thy mother
<0517>_,

and the land
<0776>

of thy nativity
<04138>_,

and art come
<03212> (8799)

unto a people
<05971>

which thou knewest
<03045> (8804)

not heretofore
<08543> <08032>_.

2:12

The LORD
<03068>

recompense
<07999> (8762)

thy work
<06467>_,

and a full
<08003>

reward
<04909>

be given thee of the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

under whose wings
<03671>

thou art come
<0935> (8804)

to trust
<02620> (8800)_.

2:13

Then she said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let me find
<04672> (8799)

favour
<02580>

in thy sight
<05869>_,

my lord
<0113>_;

for that thou hast comforted
<05162> (8765)

me, and for that thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)

friendly
<03820>

unto thine handmaid
<08198>_,

though I be not like unto one
<0259>

of thine handmaidens
<08198>_.

{Let me...: or, I find} {friendly: Heb. to the heart}

2:14

And Boaz
<01162>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, At mealtime
<06256> <0400>

come
<05066> (8798)

thou hither
<01988>_,

and eat
<0398> (8804)

of the bread
<03899>_,

and dip
<02881> (8804)

thy morsel
<06595>

in the vinegar
<02558>_.

And she sat
<03427> (8799)

beside
<06654>

the reapers
<07114> (8802)_:

and he reached
<06642> (8799)

her parched
<07039>

[corn], and she did eat
<0398> (8799)_,

and was sufficed
<07646> (8799)_,

and left
<03498> (8686)_.

2:15

And when she was risen up
<06965> (8799)

to glean
<03950> (8763)_,

Boaz
<01162>

commanded
<06680> (8762)

his young men
<05288>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Let her glean
<03950> (8762)

even among the sheaves
<06016>_,

and reproach
<03637> (8686)

her not: {reproach...: Heb. shame her not}

2:16

And let fall
<07997> (8799)

also [some] of the handfuls
<06653>

of purpose
<07997> (8800)

for her, and leave
<05800> (8804)

[them], that she may glean
<03950> (8765)

[them], and rebuke
<01605> (8799)

her not.

2:17

So she gleaned
<03950> (8762)

in the field
<07704>

until even
<06153>_,

and beat out
<02251> (8799)

that she had gleaned
<03950> (8765)_:

and it was about an ephah
<0374>

of barley
<08184>_.

2:18

And she took [it] up
<05375> (8799)_,

and went
<0935> (8799)

into the city
<05892>_:

and her mother in law
<02545>

saw
<07200> (8799)

what she had gleaned
<03950> (8765)_:

and she brought forth
<03318> (8686)_,

and gave
<05414> (8799)

to her that she had reserved
<03498> (8689)

after she was sufficed
<07648>_.

2:19

And her mother in law
<02545>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Where hast thou gleaned
<03950> (8765)

to day
<03117>_?

and where
<0375>

wroughtest
<06213> (8804)

thou? blessed
<01288> (8803)

be he that did take knowledge
<05234> (8688)

of thee. And she shewed
<05046> (8686)

her mother in law
<02545>

with whom she had wrought
<06213> (8804)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

The man's
<0376>

name
<08034>

with whom I wrought
<06213> (8804)

to day
<03117>

[is] Boaz
<01162>_.

2:20

And Naomi
<05281>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her daughter in law
<03618>_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] he of the LORD
<03068>_,

who hath not left off
<05800> (8804)

his kindness
<02617>

to the living
<02416>

and to the dead
<04191> (8801)_.

And Naomi
<05281>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, The man
<0376>

[is] near of kin
<07138>

unto us, one of our next kinsmen
<01350> (8802)_.

{one of...: or, one that hath right to redeem}

2:21

And Ruth
<07327>

the Moabitess
<04125>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He said
<0559> (8804)

unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast
<01692> (8799)

by my young men
<05288>_,

until they have ended
<03615> (8765)

all my harvest
<07105>_.

2:22

And Naomi
<05281>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Ruth
<07327>

her daughter in law
<03618>_,

[It is] good
<02896>_,

my daughter
<01323>_,

that thou go out
<03318> (8799)

with his maidens
<05291>_,

that they meet
<06293> (8799)

thee not in any other
<0312>

field
<07704>_.

{meet...: or, fall upon thee}

2:23

So she kept fast
<01692> (8799)

by the maidens
<05291>

of Boaz
<01162>

to glean
<03950> (8763)

unto the end
<03615> (8800)

of barley
<08184>

harvest
<07105>

and of wheat
<02406>

harvest
<07105>_;

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

with her mother in law
<02545>_.

3:1

Then Naomi
<05281>

her mother in law
<02545>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, My daughter
<01323>_,

shall I not seek
<01245> (8762)

rest
<04494>

for thee, that it may be well
<03190> (8799)

with thee?

3:2

And now [is] not Boaz
<01162>

of our kindred
<04130>_,

with whose maidens
<05291>

thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth
<02219> (8802)

barley
<08184>

to night
<03915>

in the threshingfloor
<01637>_.

3:3

Wash
<07364> (8804)

thyself therefore, and anoint
<05480> (8804)

thee, and put
<07760> (8804)

thy raiment
<08071>

upon thee, and get thee down
<03381> (8804)

to the floor
<01637>_:

[but] make not thyself known
<03045> (8735)

unto the man
<0376>_,

until he shall have done
<03615> (8763)

eating
<0398> (8800)

and drinking
<08354> (8800)_.

3:4

And it shall be, when he lieth down
<07901> (8800)_,

that thou shalt mark
<03045> (8804)

the place
<04725>

where he shall lie
<07901> (8799)_,

and thou shalt go in
<0935> (8804)_,

and uncover
<01540> (8765)

his feet
<04772>_,

and lay thee down
<07901> (8804)_;

and he will tell
<05046> (8686)

thee what thou shalt do
<06213> (8799)_.

{uncover: or, lift up the clothes that are on}

3:5

And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, All that thou sayest
<0559> (8799)

unto me I will do
<06213> (8799)_.

3:6

And she went down
<03381> (8799)

unto the floor
<01637>_,

and did
<06213> (8799)

according to all that her mother in law
<02545>

bade
<06680> (8765)

her.

3:7

And when Boaz
<01162>

had eaten
<0398> (8799)

and drunk
<08354> (8799)_,

and his heart
<03820>

was merry
<03190> (8799)_,

he went
<0935> (8799)

to lie down
<07901> (8800)

at the end
<07097>

of the heap of corn
<06194>_:

and she came
<0935> (8799)

softly
<03909>_,

and uncovered
<01540> (8762)

his feet
<04772>_,

and laid her down
<07901> (8799)_.

3:8

And it came to pass at midnight
<02677> <03915>_,

that the man
<0376>

was afraid
<02729> (8799)_,

and turned
<03943> (8735)

himself: and, behold, a woman
<0802>

lay
<07901> (8802)

at his feet
<04772>_.

{turned: or, took hold on}

3:9

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [art] thou? And she answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I [am] Ruth
<07327>

thine handmaid
<0519>_:

spread
<06566> (8804)

therefore thy skirt
<03671>

over thine handmaid
<0519>_;

for thou [art] a near kinsman
<01350> (8802)_.

{a near...: or, one that hath right to redeem}

3:10

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] thou of the LORD
<03068>_,

my daughter
<01323>_:

[for] thou hast shewed
<03190> (8689)

more kindness
<02617>

in the latter end
<0314>

than at the beginning
<07223>_,

inasmuch as thou followedst
<03212> (8800) <0310>

not
<01115>

young men
<0970>_,

whether poor
<01800>

or rich
<06223>_.

3:11

And now, my daughter
<01323>_,

fear
<03372> (8799)

not; I will do
<06213> (8799)

to thee all that thou requirest
<0559> (8799)_:

for all the city
<08179>

of my people
<05971>

doth know
<03045> (8802)

that thou [art] a virtuous
<02428>

woman
<0802>_.

{city: Heb. gate}

3:12

And now it is true
<0551>

that I [am thy] near kinsman
<01350> (8802)_:

howbeit there is
<03426>

a kinsman
<01350> (8802)

nearer
<07138>

than I.

3:13

Tarry
<03885> (8798)

this night
<03915>_,

and it shall be in the morning
<01242>_,

[that] if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman
<01350> (8799)_,

well
<02896>_;

let him do the kinsman's part
<01350> (8799)_:

but if he will
<02654> (8799)

not do the part of a kinsman
<01350> (8800)

to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman
<01350> (8804)

to thee, [as] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_:

lie down
<07901> (8798)

until the morning
<01242>_.

3:14

And she lay
<07901> (8799)

at his feet
<04772>

until the morning
<01242>_:

and she rose up
<06965> (8799)

before
<02958>

one
<0376>

could know
<05234> (8686)

another
<07453>_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let it not be known
<03045> (8735)

that a woman
<0802>

came
<0935> (8804)

into the floor
<01637>_.

3:15

Also he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Bring
<03051> (8798)

the vail
<04304>

that [thou hast] upon thee, and hold
<0270> (8798)

it. And when she held
<0270> (8799)

it, he measured
<04058> (8799)

six
<08337>

[measures] of barley
<08184>_,

and laid
<07896> (8799)

[it] on her: and she went
<0935> (8799)

into the city
<05892>_.

{vail: or, sheet, or, apron}

3:16

And when she came
<0935> (8799)

to her mother in law
<02545>_,

she said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [art] thou, my daughter
<01323>_?

And she told
<05046> (8686)

her all that the man
<0376>

had done
<06213> (8804)

to her.

3:17

And she said
<0559> (8799)_,

These six
<08337>

[measures] of barley
<08184>

gave
<05414> (8804)

he me; for he said
<0559> (8804)

to me, Go
<0935> (8799)

not empty
<07387>

unto thy mother in law
<02545>_.

3:18

Then said
<0559> (8799)

she, Sit still
<03427> (8798)_,

my daughter
<01323>_,

until thou know
<03045> (8799)

how the matter
<01697>

will fall
<05307> (8799)_:

for the man
<0376>

will not be in rest
<08252> (8799)_,

until
<0518>

he have finished
<03615> (8765)

the thing
<01697>

this day
<03117>_.