Ruth 2:4-17

4Just thenH2009 BoazH1162 arrivedH935 fromH1035 BethlehemH1035 and saidH559 to the harvestersH7114, “The LORDH3068 be with youH5973.”

“The LORDH3068 bless youH1288,” they repliedH559.

5And BoazH1162 askedH559 the foremanH5288H5324 ofH5921 his harvestersH7114, “WhoseH4310 young womanH5291 is thisH2063?”

6The foremanH5288H5324H5921H7114H559 answeredH6030, “SheH1931 is the MoabitessH4125H5291 who returnedH7725 withH5973 NaomiH5281 from the landH7704 of MoabH4124. 7She has saidH559, ‘PleaseH4994 let me gleanH3950 and gatherH622 among the sheavesH6016 afterH310 the harvestersH7114.’ So she came outH935 and has continuedH5975 fromH227 morningH1242 untilH5704 nowH6258, exceptH2088 that she restedH3427 a short timeH4592 in the shelterH1004.”

8Then BoazH1162 saidH559 toH413 RuthH7327, “ListenH8085, my daughterH1323. Do notH408 goH1980 and gleanH3950 in anotherH312 fieldH7704, andH1571 do notH3808 go awayH5674 from thisH2088 place, but stay hereH3541 closeH1692 toH5973 my servant girlsH5291. 9Let your eyesH5869 be on the fieldH7704 they are harvestingH7114, and follow alongH1980 afterH310 these girls. IndeedH3808, I have orderedH6680 the young menH5288 notH1115 to touch youH5060. And when you are thirstyH6770, goH1980H413 and drinkH8354 fromH834 the jarsH3627 the young menH5288 have filledH7579.”

10At this, she fellH5307 onH5921 her faceH6440, bowing lowH7812 to the groundH776, and saidH559 to himH413, “WhyH4069 have I foundH4672 such favorH2580 in your eyesH5869 that you should take notice of meH5234, even though IH595 am a foreignerH5237?”

11BoazH1162 repliedH6030H559, “I have been made fully awareH5046 of allH3605 you have doneH6213 forH854 your mother-in-lawH2545 sinceH310 the deathH4194 of your husbandH376, how you leftH5800 your fatherH1 and motherH517 and the landH776 of your birthH4138, and how you cameH1980 toH413 a peopleH5971 you did notH3808 knowH3045 beforeH8543H8032. 12May the LORDH3068 repayH7999 your workH6467, and may you receiveH1961 a richH8003 rewardH4909 fromH5973 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, underH8478 whoseH834 wingsH3671 you have takenH935 refugeH2620.”

13“My lordH113,” she saidH559, “may I continue to findH4672 favorH2580 in your eyesH5869, forH3588 you have comfortedH5162H3588 and spokenH1696 kindlyH3820 toH5921 your maidservantH8198, though IH595 amH1961 notH3808 like oneH259 of your servant girlsH8198.”

14At mealtimeH6256H400 BoazH1162 saidH559 to her, “Come overH5066 hereH1988; haveH398 someH4480 breadH3899 and dipH2881 itH6595 into the vinegar sauceH2558.” So she sat downH3427 besideH6654 the harvestersH7114, and he offeredH6642 her roasted grainH7039, and she ateH398 and was satisfiedH7646 and had some left overH3498.

15When Ruth got upH6965 to gleanH3950, BoazH1162 orderedH6680 his young menH5288H559, “Even ifH1571 she gathersH3950 amongH996 the sheavesH6016, do notH3808 insult herH3637. 16RatherH1571, pull outH7997 for her some stalks fromH4480 the bundlesH6653 and leave themH5800 for her to gatherH3950. Do notH3808 rebukeH1605 her.”

17So Ruth gathered grainH3950 in the fieldH7704 untilH5704 eveningH6153. And when she beat outH2251 whatH834 she had gleanedH3950, it wasH1961 about an ephahH374 of barleyH8184.1