2:1 And Noemin had [a friend] an
acquaintance of her husband, and the man [was] a mighty man of the kindred
of Elimelech, and his name [was] Booz.
2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Noemin, Let me go now to the field, and I
will glean among the ears behind the man with whomsoever I shall find favour:
and she said to her, Go, daughter.
2:3 And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and
she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Booz, of the
kindred of Elimelech.
2:4 And, behold, Booz came from Bethleem, and said to the reapers, The Lord
[be] with you: and they said to him, The Lord bless thee.
2:5 And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose [is]
this damsel?
2:6 And his servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is
the Moabitish damsel who returned with Noemin out of the land of Moab.
2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves
after the reapers: and she came and stood from morning till evening, and
rested not [even] a little in the field.
2:8 And Booz said to Ruth, Hast thou not heard, [my] daughter? go not to
glean in another field; and depart not thou hence, join thyself here with my
damsels.
2:9 [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field where [my men] shall reap, and thou
shalt go after them: behold, I have charged the young men not to touch thee:
and when you shalt thirst, then thou shalt go to the vessels, and drink of
that which the young men shall have drawn.
2:10 And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said
to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest
take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?
2:11 And Booz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how thou
hast dealt with thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how
thou didst leave thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and
camest to a people whom thou knewest not before.
2:12 The Lord recompense thy work; may a full reward be given thee of the
Lord God of Israel, to whom thou hast come to trust under his wings.
2:13 And she said, Let me find grace in thy sight, my lord, because thou
hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, and
behold, I shall be as one of thy servants.
2:14 And Booz said to her, Now [it is] time to eat; come hither, and thou
shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and
Ruth sat by the side of the reapers: and Booz handed her meal, and she ate,
and was satisfied, and left.
2:15 And she rose up to glean; and Booz charged his young men, saying, Let
her even glean among the sheaves, and reproach her not.
2:16 And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall
for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and
rebuke her not.
2:17 So she gleaned in the field till evening, and beat out that she had
gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barely.
2:18 And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw
what she had gleaned, and Ruth brought forth and gave to her the food which
she had left from what she had been satisfied with.
2:19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day, and
where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that took notice of thee. And Ruth
told her mother-in-law where she [had] wrought, and said, The name of the
man with whom I wrought to-day [is] Booz.
2:20 And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of the Lord,
because he has not failed in his mercy with the living and with the dead:
and Noemin said to her The man is near akin to us, he is one of our
relations.
2:21 And Ruth said to her mother-in-law, Yea, he said also to me, Keep close
to my damsels, until the men shall have finished all my reaping.
2:22 And Noemin said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, [It is] well, daughter,
that thou wentest out with his damsels; thus they shall not meet thee in
another field.
2:23 And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had
finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest. |
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.
2:2 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.
2:3 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.
2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The
LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
2:6 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:
2:7 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.
2:8 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:
2:9 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.
2:10 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?
2:11 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.
2:12 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.
2:13 Then she said, Let me find favor 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.
2:14 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.
2:15 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:
2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave
them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
2:18 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.
2:19 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.
2:20 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.
2:21 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.
2:22 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.
2:23 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. |