RUT 01:01  Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that

there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah

went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two

sons.

RUT 01:02  And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of

his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion,

Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab,

and continued there.

RUT 01:03  And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and

her two sons.

RUT 01:04  And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of

the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled

there about ten years.

RUT 01:05  And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the

woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

RUT 01:06  Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might

return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of

Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

RUT 01:07  Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was,

and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to

return unto the land of Judah.

RUT 01:08  And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return

each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have

dealt with the dead, and with me.

RUT 01:09  The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each [of you] in

the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up

their voice, and wept.

RUT 01:10  And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee

unto thy people.

RUT 01:11  And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go

with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be

your husbands?

RUT 01:12  Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too old

to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have

an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

RUT 01:13  Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay

for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me

much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

RUT 01:14  And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah

kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

RUT 01:15  And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto

her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

RUT 01:16  And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return

from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and

where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and

thy God my God:

RUT 01:17  Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:

the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee

and me.

RUT 01:18  When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,

then she left speaking unto her.

RUT 01:19  So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came

to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved

about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?

RUT 01:20  And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara:

for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

RUT 01:21  I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again

empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified

against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

RUT 01:22  So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in

law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they

came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

RUT 02:01  And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of

wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.

RUT 02:02  And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to

the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall

find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

RUT 02:03  And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the

reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field [belonging]

unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech.

RUT 02:04  And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the

reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless

thee.

RUT 02:05  Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the

reapers, Whose damsel [is] this?

RUT 02:06  And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and

said, It [is] the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of

the country of Moab:

RUT 02:07  And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the

reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from

the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

RUT 02:08  Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go

not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here

fast by my maidens:

RUT 02:09  [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and

go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall

not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and

drink of [that] which the young men have drawn.

RUT 02:10  Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou

shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger?

RUT 02:11  And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been

showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the

death of thine husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy

mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which

thou knewest not heretofore.

RUT 02:12  The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given

thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to

trust.

RUT 02:13  Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord;

for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken

friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine

handmaidens.

RUT 02:14  And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and

eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat

beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did

eat, and was sufficed, and left.

RUT 02:15  And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his

young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach

her not:

RUT 02:16  And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for

her, and leave [them], that she may glean [them], and rebuke her not.

RUT 02:17  So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that

she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

RUT 02:18  And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her

mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and

gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

RUT 02:19  And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou

gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take

knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had

wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day [is]

Boaz.

RUT 02:20  And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of

the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the

dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one

of our next kinsmen.

RUT 02:21  And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou

shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

RUT 02:22  And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, [It is] good,

my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee

not in any other field.

RUT 02:23  So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the

end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother

in law.

RUT 03:01  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?

RUT 03:02  And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens

thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

RUT 03:03  Wash thy self 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.

RUT 03:04  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.

RUT 03:05  And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will

do.

RUT 03:06  And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all

that her mother in law bade her.

RUT 03:07  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.

RUT 03:08  And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid,

and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

RUT 03:09  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.

RUT 03:10  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.

RUT 03:11  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.

RUT 03:12  And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman: howbeit

there is a kinsman nearer than I.

RUT 03:13  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.

RUT 03:14  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.

RUT 03:15  Also he said, Bring the veil 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.

RUT 03:16  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.

RUT 03:17  And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me;

for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

RUT 03:18  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.

RUT 04:01  Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and,

behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho,

such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat

down.

RUT 04:02  And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said,

Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

RUT 04:03  And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out

of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which [was] our

brother Elimelech's:

RUT 04:04  And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy [it] before

the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt

redeem [it], redeem [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem [it, then] tell

me, that I may know: for [there is] none to redeem [it] beside thee;

and I [am] after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].

RUT 04:05  Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand

of Naomi, thou must buy [it] also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of

the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

RUT 04:06  And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem [it] for myself, lest

I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I

cannot redeem [it].

RUT 04:07  Now this [was the manner] in former time in Israel

concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all

things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour:

and this [was] a testimony in Israel.

RUT 04:08  Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy [it] for thee. So

he drew off his shoe.

RUT 04:09  And Boaz said unto the elders, and [unto] all the people,

Ye [are] witnesses this day, that I have bought all that [was]

Elimelech's, and all that [was] Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of

Naomi.

RUT 04:10  Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I

purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his

inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his

brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye [are] witnesses this day.

RUT 04:11  And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders,

said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into

thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house

of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in

Bethlehem:

RUT 04:12  And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar

bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this

young woman.

RUT 04:13  So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went

in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

RUT 04:14  And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which

hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be

famous in Israel.

RUT 04:15  And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a

nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth

thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.

RUT 04:16  And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and

became nurse unto it.

RUT 04:17  And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There

is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the

father of Jesse, the father of David.

RUT 04:18  Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat

Hezron,

RUT 04:19  And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

RUT 04:20  And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

RUT 04:21  And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

RUT 04:22  And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.