ASV_Strong : Ruth 2
1. And Naomi[H5281] had a kinsman[H4129] of her husband[H376]'s, a mighty[H1368] man[H376] of wealth[H2428], of the family[H4940] of Elimelech[H458], and his name[H8034] was Boaz[H1162].
2. And Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125] said[H559] unto Naomi[H5281], Let me now go[H3212] to the field[H7704], and glean[H3950] among the ears of grain[H7641] after[H310] him in whose sight[H5869] I shall find[H4672] favor[H2580]. And she said[H559] unto her[H3212], Go, my daughter[H1323].
3. And she went[H3212], and came[H935] and gleaned[H3950] in the field[H7704] after[H310] the reapers[H7114]: and her hap[H4745] was to light[H7136] on the portion[H2513] of the field[H7704] belonging unto Boaz[H1162], who was of the family[H4940] of Elimelech[H458].
4. And[H1162], behold, Boaz came[H935] from Beth-lehem[H1035], and said[H559] unto the reapers[H7114], Jehovah[H3068] be with you[H559]. And they answered him[H3068], Jehovah bless thee[H1288].
5. Then said[H559] Boaz[H1162] unto his servant[H5288] that was set[H5324] over the reapers[H7114], Whose damsel is this[H5291]?
6. And the servant[H5288] that was set[H5324] over the reapers[H7114] answered[H6030] and said[H559], It is the Moabitish[H4125] damsel[H5291] that came back[H7725] with Naomi[H5281] out of the country[H7704] of Moab[H4124]:
7. And she said[H559], Let me glean[H3950], I pray you[H622], and gather after[H310] the reapers[H7114] among the sheaves[H6016]. So she came[H935], and hath continued[H5975] even[H227] from the morning[H1242] until now[H3427], save that she tarried a little[H4592] in the house[H1004].
8. Then said[H559] Boaz[H1162] unto Ruth[H7327], Hearest[H8085] thou not[H1323], my daughter? Go[H3212] not to glean[H3950] in another[H312] field[H7704], neither pass[H5674] from hence[H1692], but abide here fast by my maidens[H5291].
9. Let thine eyes[H5869] be on the field[H7704] that they do reap[H7114], and go[H1980] thou after[H310] them[H6680]: have I not charged the young men[H5288] that they shall not touch[H5060] thee[H6770]? and when thou art athirst, go[H1980] unto the vessels[H3627], and drink[H8354] of that which the young men[H5288] have drawn[H7579].
10. Then she fell[H5307] on her face[H6440], and bowed[H7812] herself to the ground[H776], and said[H559] unto him[H4672], Why have I found favor[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], that thou shouldest take knowledge[H5234] of me[H5237], seeing I am a foreigner?
11. And Boaz[H1162] answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto her[H5046], It hath fully been showed[H5046] me[H6213], all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in[H2545]-law since[H310] the death[H4194] of thy husband[H376]; and how thou hast left[H5800] thy father[H1] and thy mother[H517], and the land[H776] of thy nativity[H4138], and art come[H3212] unto a people[H5971] that thou knewest[H3045] not heretofore[H8543].
12. Jehovah[H3068] recompense[H7999] thy work[H6467], and a full[H8003] reward[H4909] be given thee of Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], under whose wings[H3671] thou art come[H935] to take refuge[H2620].
13. Then she said[H559], Let me find[H4672] favor[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], my lord[H113], for that thou hast comforted[H5162] me[H1696], and for that thou hast spoken kindly[H3820] unto thy handmaid[H8198], though I be not as one[H259] of thy handmaidens[H8198].
14. And at meal-time[H6256] Boaz[H1162] said[H559] unto her[H5066], Come hither[H1988], and eat[H398] of the bread[H3899], and dip[H2881] thy morsel[H6595] in the vinegar[H2558]. And she sat[H3427] beside[H6654] the reapers[H7114], and they reached[H6642] her parched[H7039] grain[H398], and she did eat, and was sufficed[H7646], and left thereof[H3498].
15. And when she was risen up[H6965] to glean[H3950], Boaz[H1162] commanded[H6680] his young men[H5288], saying[H559], Let her glean[H3950] even among the sheaves[H6016], and reproach her not[H3637].
16. And also pull[H7997] out some for[H7997] her from the bundles[H6653], and leave[H5800] it[H3950], and let her glean, and rebuke her not[H1605].
17. So she gleaned[H3950] in the field[H7704] until even[H6153]; and she beat out[H2251] that which she had gleaned[H3950], and it was about an ephah[H374] of barley[H8184].
18. And she took it up[H5375], and went[H935] into the city[H5892]; and her mother-in[H2545]-law saw[H7200] what she had gleaned[H3950]: and she brought forth[H3318] and gave[H5414] to her that which she had left[H3498] after she was sufficed[H7648].
19. And her mother-in[H2545]-law said[H559] unto her[H3950], Where hast thou gleaned to-day[H3117]? and where[H375] hast thou wrought[H6213]? blessed[H1288] be he that did take knowledge[H5234] of thee[H5046]. And she showed her mother-in[H2545]-law with whom she had wrought[H6213], and said[H559], The man[H376]'s name[H8034] with whom I wrought[H6213] to-day[H3117] is Boaz[H1162].
20. And Naomi[H5281] said[H559] unto her daughter-in[H1288]-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah[H3068], who hath not left off[H5800] his kindness[H2617] to the living[H2416] and to the dead[H4191]. And Naomi[H5281] said[H559] unto her[H376], The man is nigh of kin[H7138] unto us[H376], one of our near kinsmen[H1350].
21. And Ruth[H7327] the Moabitess[H4125] said[H559], Yea[H559], he said unto me[H1692], Thou shalt keep fast by my young men[H5288], until they have ended[H3615] all my harvest[H7105].
22. And Naomi[H5281] said[H559] unto Ruth[H7327] her daughter-in[H3618]-law, It is good[H2896], my daughter[H1323], that thou go out[H3318] with his maidens[H5291], and that they meet[H6293] thee not in any other[H312] field[H7704].
23. So she kept fast[H1692] by the maidens[H5291] of Boaz[H1162], to glean[H3950] unto the end[H3615] of barley[H8184] harvest[H7105] and of wheat[H2406] harvest[H7105]; and she dwelt[H3427] with her mother-in[H2545]-law.
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