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.







 

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