MLV(i)
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 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I will find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
3 And she went and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And her chance was to land on the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you*. And they answered him, Jehovah bless you. 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?
6 And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite maiden who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. 7 And she said, Let me glean, I beseech you* and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, neither pass from here, but abide here close by my maidens. 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they reap and go after them. Have I not charged the young men that they will not touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men have drawn.
10 Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has been fully shown me all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your nativity and have come to a people that you did not know formerly.
12 Jehovah recompense your work and a full reward be given you of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge. 13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.
14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, Come here and eat of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers and they passed her parched grain and she ate and was satisfied and left of it.
15 And when she arose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves and do not reproach her. 16 And also pull out some for her from the bundles and leave it and let her glean and do not rebuke her. 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. And she beat out what she had gleaned and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 And she took it up and went into the city and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out and gave to her what she had left after she was satisfied. 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where have you worked? He who took knowledge of you is blessed. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, He of Jehovah is blessed who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our near kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You will keep close by my young men until they have ended all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens and that they not meet you in any other field. 23 So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you*. And they answered him, Jehovah bless you. 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?
6 And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite maiden who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. 7 And she said, Let me glean, I beseech you* and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, neither pass from here, but abide here close by my maidens. 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they reap and go after them. Have I not charged the young men that they will not touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink of what the young men have drawn.
10 Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
11 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has been fully shown me all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your nativity and have come to a people that you did not know formerly.
12 Jehovah recompense your work and a full reward be given you of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge. 13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.
14 And at mealtime Boaz said to her, Come here and eat of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers and they passed her parched grain and she ate and was satisfied and left of it.
15 And when she arose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves and do not reproach her. 16 And also pull out some for her from the bundles and leave it and let her glean and do not rebuke her. 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. And she beat out what she had gleaned and it was about an ephah of barley.
18 And she took it up and went into the city and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out and gave to her what she had left after she was satisfied. 19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where have you worked? He who took knowledge of you is blessed. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, He of Jehovah is blessed who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our near kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yes, he said to me, You will keep close by my young men until they have ended all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens and that they not meet you in any other field. 23 So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law.