Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
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
?
Then
Naomi
her
mother in law said unto
her, My daughter, shall
I not seek rest
for thee
, that it may be well with thee
?
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
.
And
now is not Boaz of
our
kindred
, with whose maidens
thou
wast
? Behold
, he winnoweth
barley to
night
in
the threshingfloor
.
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.
Wash thyself
therefore
, and
anoint
thee,
and
put thy
raiment
upon
thee
, and get
thee
down to the floor :
but make
not thyself
known
unto
the man ,
until he shall
have
done
eating and drinking.
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
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.
“
I will do everything
you
say,”
Ruth
answered
.
And
she
said
unto
her,
All
that
thou
sayest
unto
me
I will do.
So
she went down to
the threshing
floor and did everything
her mother -
in -
law had
instructed
her to
do
.
And
she went down unto
the floor ,
and did according
to
all
that
her mother in law bade
her.
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
when
Boaz had eaten
and drunk,
and his
heart
was merry
, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn:
and
she
came
softly
, and
uncovered his feet, and laid
her
down.
At midnight, Boaz
was startled
, turned over,
and there
lying
at his feet was
a
woman!
And
it
came
to
pass
at midnight, that
the
man
was afraid
, and
turned himself:
and ,
behold,
a
woman
lay
at his feet .
“
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,
Who art
thou
? And
she
answered,
I am Ruth thine
handmaid:
spread therefore
thy
skirt
over thine
handmaid;
for thou
art
a near
kinsman.
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
he
said, Blessed
be
thou
of
the LORD, my daughter :
for
thou
hast
showed
more kindness in
the
latter
end
than at
the
beginning
, inasmuch
as
thou
followedst
not young
men, whether poor or
rich
.
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, my daughter ,
fear
not;
I will do to
thee
all
that
thou
requirest:
for all the
city
of
my people
doth
know that thou
art
a virtuous
woman.
Yes,
it is true that I am a
kinsman -redeemer,
but
there is a redeemer
nearer than I.
And
now
it is true that I am thy
near
kinsman :
howbeit
there is a kinsman
nearer than I.
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. ”
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 the LORD liveth:
lie down
until the
morning.
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
she lay at his feet until the
morning :
and
she rose
up before one
could know
another
. And
he
said, Let it not
be known that a woman came into
the floor.
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.
Also
he said
, Bring the vail
that
thou
hast
upon
thee,
and hold it. And
when she held
it
, he measured
six measures of barley ,
and
laid
it
on
her :
and
she
went into the city.
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
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.
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
. ’”
And she said, These six measures of barley gave
he
me;
for he said to
me
, Go not
empty
unto
thy
mother in law.
“Wait
, my daughter, ”
said
Naomi,
“
until you
find
out
how things
go,
for he
will not rest unless
he has
resolved
the matter
today
. ”
Then
said
she
, Sit
still,
my daughter, until thou
know
how the
matter
will
fall:
for the
man
will not be
in
rest ,
until
he have
finished
the thing
this
day
.
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