Ruth 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ruth 3:1-9

1Then NaomiH5281 her mother-in-lawH2545 saidH559 to her, “My daughterH1323, shall I not seekH1245 1securityH4494 for you, that it may be wellH3190 with you? 2NowH6258 is not BoazH1162 2our 3kinsmanH4130, with whoseH834 maidsH5291 you were? BeholdH2009, he winnowsH2219 barleyH8184 at the threshingH1637 floorH1637 tonightH3915. 3WashH7364 yourself therefore, and anointH5480 yourself and putH7760 on your best clothesH8071, and goH3381 downH3381 to the threshingH1637 floorH1637; but do not makeH3045 yourself knownH3045 to the manH376 untilH5704 he has finishedH3615 eatingH398 and drinkingH8354. 4It shall be when he liesH7901 downH7901, that you shall 4noticeH3045 the placeH4725 whereH834H8033 he liesH7901, and you shall goH935 and uncoverH1540 his feetH4772 and lieH7901 downH7901; then he will tellH5046 you whatH834 you shall doH6213.” 5She saidH559 to her, “5AllH3605 that you sayH559 I will doH6213.”

6So she wentH3381 downH3381 to the threshingH1637 floorH1637 and didH6213 according to allH3605 that her mother-in-lawH2545 had commandedH6680 her. 7When BoazH1162 had eatenH398 and drunkH8354 and 6his heartH3820 was merryH3190, he wentH935 to lieH7901 downH7901 at the endH7097 of the heapH6194 of grainH6194; and she cameH935 secretlyH3909, and uncoveredH1540 his feetH4772 and layH7901 downH7901. 8It happenedH1961 in the middleH2677 of the nightH3915 that the manH376 was startledH2729 and 7bentH3943 forwardH3943; and beholdH2009, a womanH802 was lyingH7901 at his feetH4772. 9He saidH559, “WhoH4310 are you?” And she answeredH559, “I am RuthH7327 your maidH519. So spreadH5203 your coveringH3671 overH5921 your maidH519, for you are a 8closeH1350 relativeH1350.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Ruth 3:1 Lit rest ↩
  2. 2. Ruth 3:2 Deut 25:5-10 ↩
  3. 3. Ruth 3:2 Or acquaintance ↩
  4. 4. Ruth 3:4 Lit know ↩
  5. 5. Ruth 3:5 Eph 6:1; Col 3:20 ↩
  6. 6. Ruth 3:7 Judg 19:6, 9; 2 Sam 13:28; 1 Kin 21:7; Esth 1:10 ↩
  7. 7. Ruth 3:8 Lit twisted himself ↩
  8. 8. Ruth 3:9 Or redeemer ↩

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