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                                      Ruth


                                    Chapter 1


  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and
     her two sons.

  4. 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.

  5. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman
     was left of her two sons and her husband.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

 10. And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto
     thy people.

 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?

 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;

 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.

 14. And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah
     kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

 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.

 16. 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:

 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.

 18. When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,
     then she left speaking unto her.

 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?

 20. And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for
     the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

 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?

 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.


                                    Chapter 2


  1. And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of
     wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the
     reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The
     LORD bless thee.

  5. Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the
     reapers, Whose damsel is this?

  6. 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:

  7. 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.

  8. 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:

  9. 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.

 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?

 11. 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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:

 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.

 17. So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that
     she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

 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.

 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 shewed her mother in law
     with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with
     whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.


                                    Chapter 3


  1. 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?

  2. And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou
     wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the
     threshingfloor.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will
     do.

  6. And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all
     that her mother in law bade her.

  7. 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.

  8. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid,
     and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

  9. 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.

 10. 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.

 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.

 12. And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there
     is a kinsman nearer than I.

 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.

 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.

 15. 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.


                                    Chapter 4


  1. 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.

  2. And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit
     ye down here. And they sat down.

  3. 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:

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he
     drew off his shoe.

  9. 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.

 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.

 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:

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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
     born him.

 16. And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and
     became nurse unto it.

 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.

 18. Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat
     Hezron,

 19. And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

 20. And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

 21. And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

 22. And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.