Ruth 3

1And NaomiH5281 her mother-in-law saidH559 unto her, My daughterH1323, shall I not seekH1245 restH4494 for thee, that it may be wellH3190 with thee? 2And nowH6258 is not BoazH1162 our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barleyH8184 to-night in the threshing-floor. 3WashH7364 thyself therefore, and anointH5480 thee, and putH7760 thy raiment upon thee, and get thee downH3381 to the threshing-floor, but makeH7760 not thyself knownH3045 unto the manH376, until he shall have done eatingH398 and drinkingH8354. 4And it shall beH1961, when he lieth downH7901, that thou shalt mark the placeH4725 whereH834 he shall lieH7901, and thou shalt goH935 in, and uncoverH1540 his feet, and layH7901 thee downH7901; and he will tellH5046 thee what thou shalt do. 5And she saidH559 unto her, All that thou sayest I will do.

6And she wentH3381 downH3381 unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. 7And when BoazH1162 had eatenH398 and drunkH8354, and his heartH3820 was merry, he wentH935 to lieH7901 down at the endH7097 of the heapH6194 of grain: and she cameH935 softly, and uncoveredH1540 his feet, and laidH7901 her downH7901. 8And it came to pass at midnight, that the manH376 wasH1961 afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a womanH802 layH7901 at his feet. 9And he saidH559, Who art thou? And she answered, I am RuthH7327 thy handmaid: spreadH6566 therefore thy skirtH3671 over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsmanH1350. 10And he saidH559, BlessedH1288 be thou of Jehovah, my daughterH1323: thou hast showed moreH4480 kindness in the latterH314 end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not youngH970 menH970, whether poorH1800 or richH6223. 11And nowH6258, my daughterH1323, fearH3372 not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest; for all the city of my peopleH5971 doth knowH3045 that thou art a worthy womanH802. 12And nowH6258 it is true that I am a near kinsmanH1350; howbeit there is a kinsmanH1350 nearer than I. 13Tarry this nightH3915, and it shall beH1961 in the morningH1242, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsmanH1350, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsmanH1350 to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsmanH1350 to thee, as Jehovah liveth: lieH7901 down until the morningH1242.

14And she layH7901 at his feet until the morningH1242: and she roseH6965 up before oneH376 could discern another. For he saidH559, Let it not be knownH3045 that the womanH802 cameH935 to the threshing-floor. 15And he saidH559, BringH935 the mantle that is upon thee, and holdH270 it; and she heldH270 it; and he measuredH4058 sixH8337 measures of barleyH8184, and laid it on her: and he wentH935 into the cityH5892. 16And whenH834 she cameH935 to her mother-in-law, she saidH559, Who art thou, my daughterH1323? And she toldH5046 her all that the manH376 had done to her. 17And she saidH559, These sixH8337 measures of barleyH8184 gaveH5414 he me; for he saidH559, GoH935 not emptyH7387 unto thy mother-in-law. 18Then saidH559 she, SitH3427 still, my daughterH1323, until thou knowH3045 howH349 the matterH1697 will fallH5307; for the manH376 will not rest, until he have finishedH3615 the thingH1697 this dayH3117.