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The Book of Ruth
Chapter 1
001:001 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.
001:002 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.
001:003 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was
left, and her
two sons.
001:004 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.
001:005 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them;
and the woman
was left of her two
sons and her husband.
001:006 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.
001:007 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.
001:008 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.
001:009 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.
001:010 And they said unto her, Surely we will return
with thee unto
thy people.
001:011 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?
001:012 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;
001:013 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.
001:014 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again:
and Orpah
kissed her mother in
law; but Ruth clave unto her.
001:015 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.
001:016 And Ruth said, Intreat 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:
001:017 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.
001:018 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to
go with her,
then she left
speaking unto her.
001:019 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?
001:020 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call
me Mara: for
the Almighty hath
dealt very bitterly with me.
001:021 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?
001:022 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.
002:001 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a
mighty man of
wealth, of the
family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
002:002 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.
002:003 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.
002:004 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said
unto the
reapers, The LORD be with
you. And they answered him, The
LORD
bless thee.
002:005 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set
over the reapers,
Whose damsel is
this?
002:006 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:
002:007 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.
002:008 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:
002:009 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.
002:010 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?
002:011 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath
fully been shewed
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.
002:012 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.
002:013 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.
002:014 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.
002:015 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:
002:016 And let fall also some of the handfuls of
purpose for her, and
leave them,
that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
002:017 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat
out that she
had gleaned: and it
was about an ephah of barley.
002:018 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.
002:019 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
shewed her mother in law with whom
she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I
wrought
to day is Boaz.
002:020 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.
002:021 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.
002:022 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.
002:023 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.
003:001 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?
003:002 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose
maidens thou
wast? Behold, he
winnoweth barley to night in the
threshingfloor.
003:003 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.
003:004 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.
003:005 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
003:006 And she went down unto the floor, and did
according to all
that her mother
in law bade her.
003:007 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.
003:008 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man
was afraid, and
turned himself:
and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
003:009 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.
003:010 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my
daughter: for
thou hast shewed
more kindness in the latter end than at
the
beginning, inasmuch as thou
followedst not young men, whether
poor or rich.
003:011 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.
003:012 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman:
howbeit there
is a kinsman nearer
than I.
003:013 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.
003:014 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.
003:015 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.
003:016 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.
003:017 And she said, These six measures of barley gave
he me; for he
said to me, Go not
empty unto thy mother in law.
003:018 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.
004:001 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.
004:002 And he took ten men of the elders of the city,
and said, Sit
ye down here. And
they sat down.
004:003 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:
004:004 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.
004:005 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.
004:006 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.
004:007 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.
004:008 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for
thee. So he
drew off his shoe.
004:009 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.
004:010 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.
004:011 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:
004:012 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.
004:013 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.
004:014 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.
004:015 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
born
him.
004:016 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her
bosom, and became
nurse unto
it.
004:017 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.
004:018 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
004:019 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
004:020 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
004:021 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
004:022 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.