Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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
Naomi
her
mother-in-law saith
to her, `
My daughter, do
not I
seek for thee
rest
, 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
acquaintance
, with whose young
women
thou
hast
been? lo
, he is winnowing the threshing -
floor of
barley
to-night,
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
thou
hast
bathed
, and
anointed
thyself,
and
put thy
garments
upon
thee
, and gone
down to the threshing -
floor ;
let not
thyself
be
known
to
the man till
he complete
to
eat
and to
drink;
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
cometh
to
pass
when he lieth
down, that
thou
hast
known
the place where he lieth
down,
and
hast
gone
in ,
and uncovered
his feet, and lain
down, --
and he doth
declare
to thee
that
which
thou
dost
do. '
“
I will
do everything
you
say,”
Ruth
answered
.
And
she
saith
unto
her,
`All
that
thou
sayest
--
I do. '
So
she went
down to the threshing floor and did
everything
her mother-in-law had
instructed
her to
do.
And
she goeth
down `
to '
the threshing -
floor ,
and doth
according
to
all
that
her mother-in-law commanded
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 Boaz
eateth
and drinketh
, and
his
heart
is
glad;
and
he goeth
in
to lie down at the end of the heap ;
and
she
cometh
in gently
, and
uncovereth
his feet, and lieth
down.
At midnight
, Boaz
was
startled
, turned
over
, and there
lying at his feet was
a
woman!
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at the
middle
of
the
night
, that
the
man
trembleth
, and
turneth
himself
, and lo,
a
woman
is
lying 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
saith,
`
Who `art'
thou
? '
and
she
saith,
`
I `
am '
Ruth thy
handmaid
, and
thou
hast
spread thy
skirt
over thy
handmaid
, for thou
`art'
a redeemer. '
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
saith
, `Blessed
`art'
thou
of
Jehovah
, my daughter ;
thou
hast
dealt
more kindly
at
the
latter
end
than at
the
beginning
--
not to
go
after the young
men, either
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,
all
that
thou
sayest
I do to
thee
, for
all the
gate
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
, surely,
true ,
that I `
am '
a redeemer, but also
there is a redeemer 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. ”
Lodge
to
night
, and it
hath
been
in the morning, if he doth
redeem thee
, well:
he
redeemeth;
and
if he delight
not to redeem thee
, then
I have
redeemed
thee
--
I;
Jehovah
liveth!
lie down
till
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 lieth
down at his feet till
the
morning, and
riseth
before one
doth
discern
another;
and
he
saith
, `
Let it not
be known that the
woman hath
come
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.
And he saith
, `Give
the covering
which
`is'
on
thee,
and keep
hold on
it ;'
and
she keepeth
hold
on
it
, and
he measureth
six `
measures '
of barley ,
and
layeth
`it'
on
her ;
and
he goeth
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
she
cometh
in
unto
her mother-in-law, and
she
saith
, `Who
`art'
thou
, my daughter? '
and
she
declareth
to
her all that the
man
hath
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 saith
, `
These six `
measures '
of barley he
hath
given
to
me
, for he said, Thou
dost
not go in
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
. ”
And
she
saith
, `Sit
still,
my daughter, till
thou
dost
know
how the
matter
falleth
, for the
man
doth
not rest except
he hath
completed
the matter to-day
. '
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