Bible, King James Version
Ruth
Ruth.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.
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