Ruth 1
1. Now it came <01961> to pass in the days <03117> when the judges
<08199> ruled <08199>, that there was a famine <07458> in the land
<0776>. And a certain man <0376> of Bethlehemjudah <01035> went
<03212> to sojourn <01481> in the country <07704> of Moab <04124>,
he, and his wife <0802>, and his two <08147> sons <01121>.
2 And the name <08034> of the man <0376> [was] Elimelech <0458>,
and the name <08034> of his wife <0802> Naomi <05281>, and the name
<08034> of his two <08147> sons <01121> Mahlon <04248> and Chilion
<03630>, Ephrathites <0673> of Bethlehemjudah <01035>. And they came
<0935> into the country <07704> of Moab <04124>, and continued
<01961> there <08033>.
3 And Elimelech <0458> Naomi's <05281> husband <0376> died
<04191>; and she was left <07604>, and her two <08147> sons <01121>.
4 And they took <05375> them wives <0802> of the women <0802> of
Moab <04125>; the name <08034> of the one <0259> [was] Orpah
<06204>, and the name <08034> of the other <08145> Ruth <07327>: and
they dwelled <03427> there <08033> about ten <06235> years <08141>.
5 And Mahlon <04248> and Chilion <03630> died <04191> also <01571>
both <08147> of them; and the woman <0802> was left <07604> of her
two <08147> sons <03206> and her husband <0376>.
6. Then she arose <06965> with her daughters <03618> in law
<03618>, that she might return <07725> from the country <07704> of
Moab <04124>: for she had heard <08085> in the country <07704> of
Moab <04124> how that the LORD <03068> had visited <06485> his
people <05971> in giving <05414> them bread <03899>.
7 Wherefore she went <03318> forth <03318> out of the place
<04725> where she was, and her two <08147> daughters <03618> in law
<03618> with her; and they went <03212> on the way <01870> to return
<07725> unto the land <0776> of Judah <03063>.
8 And Naomi <05281> said <0559> unto her two <08147> daughters
<03618> in law <03618>, Go <03212>, return <07725> each <0802> to
her mother's <0517> house <01004>: the LORD <03068> deal <06213>
kindly <02617> with you, as ye have dealt <06213> with the dead
<04191>, and with me.
9 The LORD <03068> grant <05414> you that ye may find <04672> rest
<04496>, each <0802> [of you] in the house <01004> of her husband
<0376>. Then she kissed <05401> them; and they lifted <05375> up
their voice <06963>, and wept <01058>.
10 And they said <0559> unto her, Surely <03588> we will return
<07725> with thee unto thy people <05971>.
11 And Naomi <05281> said <0559>, Turn <07725> again <07725>, my
daughters <01121>: why <04100> will ye go <03212> with me? [are]
there yet <05750> [any more] sons <01121> in my womb <04578>, that
they may be your husbands <0582>?
12 Turn <07725> again <07725>, my daughters <01121>, go <03212>
[your way <01870>]; for I am too old <02204> to have an husband
<0376>. If <03588> I should say <0559>, I have hope <08615>, [if
<03588>] I should have an husband <0376> also to night <03915>, and
should also <01571> bear <03205> sons <01121>;
13 Would ye tarry <07663> for them till <05704> they were grown
<01431>? would ye stay <05702> for them from having husbands <0376>?
nay <0408>, my daughters <01121>; for it grieveth <04843> me much
<03966> for your sakes that the hand <03027> of the LORD <0113> is
gone <03318> out against me.
14 And they lifted <05375> up their voice <06963>, and wept
<01058> again <05750>: and Orpah <06204> kissed <05401> her mother
<02545> in law <02545>; but Ruth <07327> clave <01692> unto her.
15 And she said <0559>, Behold <02009>, thy sister <02994> in law
<02994> is gone <07725> back <07725> unto her people <05971>, and
unto her gods <0430>: return <07725> thou after <0310> thy sister
<02994> in law <02994>.
16 And Ruth <07327> said <0559>, Intreat <06293> me not to leave
<05800> thee, [or] to return <07725> from following after <0310>
thee: for whither thou goest <03212>, I will go <03212>; and where
<0834> thou lodgest <03885>, I will lodge <03885>: thy people
<05971> [shall be] my people <05971>, and thy God <0430> my God
<0430>:
17 Where <0834> thou diest <04191>, will I die <04191>, and there
<08033> will I be buried <06912>: the LORD <03068> do <06213> so
<03541> to me, and more <03254> also <03541>, [if <03588> ought] but
death <04194> part <06504> thee and me.
18 When she saw <07200> that she was stedfastly <0553> minded to
go <03212> with her, then she left <02308> speaking <01696> unto
her.
19. So they two <08147> went <03212> until <05704> they came <0935>
to Bethlehem <01035>. And it came <01961> to pass, when they were
come <0935> to Bethlehem <01035>, that all <03605> the city <05892>
was moved <01949> about <05921> them, and they said <0559>, [Is]
this <02063> Naomi <05281>?
20 And she said <0559> unto them, Call <07121> me not Naomi
<05281>, call <07121> me Mara <04755>: for the Almighty <07706> hath
dealt very <03966> bitterly <04843> with me.
21 I went <01980> out full <04390>, and the LORD <03068> hath
brought <07725> me home <07725> again <07725> empty <07387>: why
<04100> [then] call <07121> ye me Naomi <05281>, seeing the LORD
<03068> hath testified <06030> against me, and the Almighty <07706>
hath afflicted <07489> me?
22 So Naomi <05281> returned <07725>, and Ruth <07327> the
Moabitess <04125>, her daughter <03618> in law <03618>, with her,
which returned <07725> out of the country <07704> of Moab <04124>:
and they came <0935> to Bethlehem <01035> in the beginning <08462>
of barley <08184> harvest <07105>.
Ruth 2
1. And Naomi <05281> had a kinsman <03045> 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>.
2 And Ruth <07327> the Moabitess <04125> said <0559> unto Naomi
<05281>, Let me now <04994> go <03212> to the field <07704>, and
glean <03950> ears <07641> of corn after <0310> [him] in whose
<0834> sight <05869> I shall find <04672> grace <02580>. And she
said <0559> unto her, Go <03212>, my daughter <01323>.
3 And she went <03212>, and came <0935>, and gleaned <03950> in
the field <07704> after <0310> the reapers <07114>: and her hap
<04745> was to light <07136> on a part <02513> of the field <07704>
[belonging] unto Boaz <01162>, who <0834> [was] of the kindred
<04940> of Elimelech <0458>.
4. And, behold <02009>, Boaz <01162> came <0935> from Bethlehem
<01035>, and said <0559> unto the reapers <07114>, The LORD <03068>
[be] with you. And they answered <0559> him, The LORD <03068> bless
<01288> thee.
5 Then said <0559> Boaz <01162> unto his servant <05288> that was
set <05324> over <05921> the reapers <07114>, Whose <04310> damsel
<05291> [is] this <02063>?
6 And the servant <05288> that was set <05324> over <05921> the
reapers <07114> answered <06030> and said <0559>, It [is] the
Moabitish <04125> damsel <05291> that came <07725> back <07725> with
Naomi <05281> out of the country <07704> of Moab <04124>:
7 And she said <0559>, I pray <04994> you, let me glean <03950>
and gather <0622> after <0310> the reapers <07114> among <0996> the
sheaves <06016>: so she came <0935>, and hath continued <05975> even
<0227> from the morning <01242> until <05704> now <06258>, that she
tarried <03427> a little <04592> in the house <01004>.
8 Then said <0559> Boaz <01162> unto Ruth <07327>, Hearest <08085>
thou not, my daughter <01323>? Go <03212> not to glean <03950> in
another <0312> field <07704>, neither go <05674> from hence <02088>,
but abide <01692> here <03541> fast by my maidens <05291>:
9 [Let] thine eyes <05869> [be] on the field <07704> that they do
reap <07114>, and go <01980> thou after <0310> them: have I not
charged <06680> the young <05288> men that they shall not touch
<05060> thee? and when thou art athirst <06770>, go <01980> unto the
vessels <03627>, and drink <08354> of [that] which <0834> the young
<05288> men have drawn <07579>.
10 Then she fell <05307> on <05921> her face <06440>, and bowed
<07812> herself to the ground <0776>, and said <0559> unto him, Why
<04069> have I found <04672> grace <02580> in thine eyes <05869>,
that thou shouldest take knowledge <05234> of me, seeing I [am] a
stranger <05237>?
11 And Boaz <01162> answered <06030> and said <0559> unto her, It
hath fully <05046> been shewed <05046> me, all <03605> that thou
hast done <06213> unto thy mother <02545> in law <02545> since
<0310> the death <04194> of thine husband <0376>: and [how] thou
hast left <05800> thy father <01> and thy mother <0517>, and the
land <0776> of thy nativity <04138>, and art come <01980> unto a
people <05971> which <0834> thou knewest <03045> not heretofore
<08543>.
12 The LORD <03068> recompense <07999> thy work <06467>, and a
full <08003> reward <04909> be given thee of the LORD <03068> God
<0430> of Israel <03478>, under <08478> whose <0834> wings <03671>
thou art come <0935> to trust <02620>.
13 Then she said <0559>, Let me find <04672> favour <02580> in thy
sight <05869>, my lord <03068>; for that thou hast comforted <05162>
me, and for that thou hast spoken <01696> friendly <03820> unto
thine handmaid <08198>, though I be not like unto one <0259> of
thine handmaidens <08198>.
14 And Boaz <01162> said <0559> unto her, At mealtime come <05060>
thou hither <01988>, and eat <0398> of the bread <03899>, and dip
<02881> thy morsel <06595> in the vinegar <02558>. And she sat
<03427> beside <06654> the reapers <07114>: and he reached <06642>
her parched <07039> [corn], and she did eat <0398>, and was sufficed
<07646>, and left <03498>.
15 And when she was risen <06965> up to glean <03950>, Boaz
<01162> commanded <06680> his young <05288> men, saying <0559>, Let
her glean <03950> even <01571> among the sheaves <06016>, and
reproach <03637> her not:
16 And let fall <07997> also <01571> [some] of the handfuls
<06653> of purpose <07997> for her, and leave <05800> [them], that
she may glean <03950> [them], and rebuke <01605> her not.
17. So she gleaned <03950> in the field <07704> until <05704> even
<06153>, and beat <02251> out that she had gleaned <03950>: and it
was about an ephah <0374> of barley <08184>.
18 And she took <05375> [it] up, and went <0935> into the city
<05892>: and her mother <02545> in law <02545> saw <07200> what she
had gleaned <03950>: and she brought <03318> forth <03318>, and gave
<05414> to her that she had reserved <03498> after she was sufficed
<07648>.
19 And her mother <02545> in law <02545> said <0559> unto her,
Where <0645> hast thou gleaned <03950> to day <03117>? and where
<0375> wroughtest <06213> thou? blessed <01288> be he that did take
knowledge <05234> of thee. And she shewed <05046> her mother <02545>
in law <02545> with whom she had wrought <06213>, and said <0559>,
The man's <0376> name <08034> with whom I wrought <06213> to day
<03117> [is] Boaz <01162>.
20 And Naomi <05281> said <0559> unto her daughter <03618> in law
<03618>, Blessed <01288> [be] he of the LORD <03068>, who <0834>
hath not left <05800> off his kindness <02617> to the living <02416>
and to the dead <04191>. And Naomi <05281> said <0559> unto her, The
man <0376> [is] near <07138> of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen
<01350>.
21 And Ruth <07327> the Moabitess <04125> said <0559>, He said
<0559> unto me also, Thou shalt keep <01692> fast by my young
<05288> men, until they have ended <03615> all <03605> my harvest
<07105>.
22 And Naomi <05281> said <0559> unto Ruth <07327> her daughter
<01323> in law <03618>, [It is] good <02896>, my daughter <01323>,
that thou go <03318> out with his maidens <05291>, that they meet
<06293> thee not in any other <0312> field <07704>.
23 So she kept <01692> fast by the maidens <05291> of Boaz <01162>
to glean <03950> unto the end <03615> of barley <08184> harvest
<07105> and of wheat <02406> harvest <07105>; and dwelt <03427> with
her mother <02545> in law <02545>.
Ruth 3
1. Then Naomi <05281> her mother <02545> in law <02545> said <0559>
unto her, My daughter <01323>, shall I not seek <01245> rest <04494>
for thee, that it may be well <03190> with thee?
2 And now <06258> [is] not Boaz <01162> of our kindred <04130>,
with whose <0834> maidens <05291> thou wast? Behold <02009>, he
winnoweth <02219> barley <08184> to night <03915> in the
threshingfloor <01637>.
3 Wash <07364> thyself therefore, and anoint <05480> thee, and put
<07760> thy raiment <08071> upon thee, and get <03381> thee down
<03381> to the floor <01637>: [but] make not thyself known <03045>
unto the man <0376>, until <05704> he shall have done <03615> eating
<0398> and drinking <08354>.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth <07901> down <07901>, that thou
shalt mark <03045> the place <04725> where he shall lie <07901>, and
thou shalt go <0935> in, and uncover <01540> his feet <04772>, and
lay <07901> thee down <07901>; and he will tell <05046> thee what
thou shalt do <06213>.
5 And she said <0559> unto her, All <03605> that thou sayest
<0559> unto me I will do <06213>.
6. And she went <03381> down <03381> unto the floor <01637>, and
did <06213> according to all <03605> that her mother <02545> in law
<02545> bade <06680> her.
7 And when Boaz <01162> had eaten <0398> and drunk <08354>, and
his heart <03820> was merry <03190>, he went <0935> to lie <07901>
down <07901> at the end <07097> of the heap <06194> of corn <06194>:
and she came <0935> softly <03909>, and uncovered <01540> his feet
<04772>, and laid <07901> her down <07901>.
8 And it came <01961> to pass at midnight, that the man <0376> was
afraid <02729>, and turned <03943> himself: and, behold <02009>, a
woman <0802> lay <07901> at his feet <04772>.
9 And he said <0559>, Who <04310> [art] thou? And she answered
<0559>, I [am] Ruth <07327> thine handmaid <0519>: spread <06566>
therefore thy skirt <03671> over <05921> thine handmaid <0519>; for
thou [art] a near kinsman <01350>.
10 And he said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] thou of the LORD
<03068>, my daughter <01323>: [for] thou hast shewed <03190> more
kindness <02617> in the latter <0314> end than <04480> at the
beginning <07223>, inasmuch <01115> as thou followedst not young
<0970> men, whether <0518> poor <01800> or rich <06223>.
11 And now <06258>, my daughter <01323>, fear <03372> not; I will
do <06213> to thee all <03605> that thou requirest <0559>: for all
<03605> the city <08179> of my people <05971> doth know <03045> that
thou [art] a virtuous <02428> woman <0802>.
12 And now <06258> it is true <0551> that I [am thy] near kinsman
<01350>: howbeit there is a kinsman <01350> nearer <07138> than I.
13 Tarry <03885> this night <03915>, and it shall be in the
morning <01242>, [that] if <0518> he will perform unto thee the part
of a kinsman <01350>, well <02896>; let him do the kinsman's <01350>
part: but if <0518> he will <02654> not do the part of a kinsman
<01350> to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman <01350> to
thee, [as] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>: lie <07901> down <07901>
until <05704> the morning <01242>.
14. And she lay <07901> at his feet <04772> until <05704> the
morning <01242>: and she rose <06965> up before <02958> one could
know <05234> another <07453>. And he said <0559>, Let it not be
known <03045> that a woman <0802> came <0935> into the floor
<01637>.
15 Also he said <0559>, Bring <03051> the vail <04304> that [thou
hast] upon thee, and hold <0270> it. And when she held <0270> it, he
measured <04058> six <08337> [measures] of barley <08184>, and laid
<07896> [it] on <05921> her: and she went <0935> into the city
<05892>.
16 And when she came <0935> to her mother <02545> in law <02545>,
she said <0559>, Who <04310> [art] thou, my daughter <01323>? And
she told <05046> her all <03605> that the man <0376> had done
<06213> to her.
17 And she said <0559>, These <0428> six <08337> [measures] of
barley <08184> gave <05414> he me; for he said <0559> to me, Go
<0935> not empty <07387> unto thy mother <02545> in law <02545>.
18 Then said <0559> she, Sit <03427> still, my daughter <01323>,
until thou know <03045> how <05704> the matter <01697> will fall
<05307>: for the man <0376> will not be in rest <08252>, until he
have finished <03615> the thing <01697> this day <03117>.
Ruth 4
1. Then went <05927> Boaz <01162> up to the gate <08179>, and sat
<03427> him down there <08033>: and, behold <02009>, the kinsman
<01350> of whom <0834> Boaz <01162> spake <01696> came <05674> by;
unto whom he said <0559>, Ho <01945>, such <06423> a one <0492>!
turn <05493> aside, sit <03427> down here <06311>. And he turned
<05493> aside, and sat <03427> down.
2 And he took <03947> ten <06235> men <0582> of the elders <02205>
of the city <05892>, and said <0559>, Sit <03427> ye down here
<06311>. And they sat <03427> down.
3 And he said <0559> unto the kinsman <01350>, Naomi <05281>, that
is come <07725> again <07725> out of the country <07704> of Moab
<04124>, selleth <04376> a parcel <02513> of land <07704>, which
<0834> [was] our brother <0251> Elimelech's <0458>:
4 And I thought <0559> to advertise thee, saying <0559>, Buy
<07069> [it] before <05048> the inhabitants <03427>, and before
<05048> the elders <02205> of my people <05971>. If <0518> thou wilt
redeem <01350> [it], redeem <06299> [it]: but if <0518> thou wilt
not redeem <01350> [it, then] tell <05046> me, that I may know
<03045>: for [there is] none <0369> to redeem <01350> [it] beside
<02108> thee; and I [am] after <0310> thee. And he said <0559>, I
will redeem <01350> [it].
5 Then said <0559> Boaz <01162>, What day <03117> thou buyest
<07069> the field <07704> of the hand <03027> of Naomi <05281>, thou
must buy <07069> [it] also of Ruth <07327> the Moabitess <04125>,
the wife <0802> of the dead <04191>, to raise <06965> up the name
<08034> of the dead <04191> upon his inheritance <05159>.
6 And the kinsman <01350> said <0559>, I cannot redeem <01350>
[it] for myself, lest <06435> I mar <07843> mine own inheritance
<05159>: redeem <01350> thou my right <01353> to thyself; for I
cannot redeem <01350> [it].
7 Now this <02063> [was the manner] in former <06440> time <06440>
in Israel <03478> concerning <05921> redeeming <01353> and
concerning <05921> changing <08545>, for to confirm <06965> all
<03605> things; a man <0376> plucked <08025> off his shoe <05275>,
and gave <05414> [it] to his neighbour <07453>: and this <02063>
[was] a testimony <08584> in Israel <03478>.
8 Therefore the kinsman <01350> said <0559> unto Boaz <01162>, Buy
<07069> [it] for thee. So he drew <08025> off his shoe <05275>.
9. And Boaz <01162> said <0559> unto the elders <02205>, and [unto]
all <03605> the people <05971>, Ye [are] witnesses <05707> this day
<03117>, that I have bought <07069> all <03605> that [was]
Elimelech's <0458>, and all <03605> that [was] Chilion's <03630> and
Mahlon's <04248>, of the hand <03027> of Naomi <05281>.
10 Moreover <01571> Ruth <07327> the Moabitess <04125>, the wife
<0802> of Mahlon <04248>, have I purchased <07069> to be my wife
<0802>, to raise <06965> up the name <08034> of the dead <04191>
upon his inheritance <05159>, that the name <08034> of the dead
<04191> be not cut <03772> off from among <05973> his brethren
<0251>, and from the gate <08179> of his place <04725>: ye [are]
witnesses <05707> this day <03117>.
11 And all <03605> the people <05971> that [were] in the gate
<08179>, and the elders <02205>, said <0559>, [We are] witnesses
<05707>. The LORD <03068> make <05414> the woman <0802> that is come
<0935> into <0413> thine house <01004> like Rachel <07354> and like
Leah <03812>, which <0834> two <08147> did build <01129> the house
<01004> of Israel <03478>: and do <06213> thou worthily <02428> in
Ephratah <0672>, and be famous <08034> in Bethlehem <01035>:
12 And let thy house <01004> be like the house <01004> of Pharez
<06557>, whom <0834> Tamar <08559> bare <03205> unto Judah <03063>,
of the seed <02233> which <0834> the LORD <03068> shall give <05414>
thee of this <02063> young <05291> woman <05291>.
13. So Boaz <01162> took <03947> Ruth <07327>, and she was his wife
<0802>: and when he went <0935> in unto her, the LORD <03068> gave
<05414> her conception <02032>, and she bare <03205> a son <01121>.
14 And the women <0802> said <0559> unto Naomi <05281>, Blessed
<01288> [be] the LORD <03068>, which <0834> hath not left <07673>
thee this day <03117> without a kinsman <01350>, that his name
<08034> may be famous <07121> in Israel <03478>.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer <07725> of [thy] life
<05315>, and a nourisher <03557> of thine old <07872> age <07872>:
for thy daughter <03618> in law <03618>, which <0834> loveth <0157>
thee, which <0834> is better <02896> to thee than seven <07651> sons
<01121>, hath born <03205> him.
16 And Naomi <05281> took <03947> the child <03206>, and laid
<07896> it in her bosom <02436>, and became <01961> nurse <0539>
unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours <07934> gave <07121> it a name
<08034>, saying <0559>, There is a son <01121> born <03205> to Naomi
<05281>; and they called <07121> his name <08034> Obed <05744>: he
[is] the father <01> of Jesse <03448>, the father <01> of David
<01732>.
18 Now these <0428> [are] the generations <08435> of Pharez
<06557>: Pharez <06557> begat <03205> Hezron <02696>,
19 And Hezron <02696> begat <03205> Ram <07410>, and Ram <07410>
begat <03205> Amminadab <05992>,
20 And Amminadab <05992> begat <03205> Nahshon <05177>, and
Nahshon <05177> begat <03205> Salmon <08009>,
21 And Salmon <08012> begat <03205> Boaz <01162>, and Boaz <01162>
begat <03205> Obed <05744>,
22 And Obed <05744> begat <03205> Jesse <03448>, and Jesse <03448>
begat <03205> David <01732>.