Ruth 3 Then she abode at home with her mother in law. And Noemin her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek a rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Then she abode at home with her mother in law. And Noemin her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek a rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? ² Now is not Boaz our relation, with whose girls thou hast been? Behold he is winnowing barley in the threshing floor. ³ This very night therefore thou shalt wash, and anoint thyself, and put on thy raiment, and go up to the threshing floor. But make not thyself known to the man till he hath done eating and drinking. ⁴ And when he goeth to rest, mark the place where he lieth down, and go and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. ⁵ And Ruth said to her, All that thou hast ordered me I will do. ⁶ So she went up to the threshing floor, and did all that her mother in law commanded her. ⁷ And when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and his heart was cheered, he went and lay down at the side of a heap of corn. Then she went in softly and uncovered his feet. ⁸ And in the middle of the night the man was astonished, and troubled, for lo! a woman was lying at his feet. ⁹ And he said, Who art thou? And she said, I am Ruth thy handmaid; therefore spread thy skirt over thy handmaid, for thou art near a kinsman. ¹⁰ And Boaz said, "Blessed art thou of the Lord God, my daughter; for thou hast shewn more kindness in this last act than in the former, in not going after young men either poor or rich. ¹¹ Now therefore, my daughter, be not afraid, I will do for thee all thou hast said; for all the tribe of my people know that thou art a virtuous woman. ¹² Now indeed it is true that I am a near relation; but there is a relation nearer of kin than I. ¹³ Tarry this night, and it shall be, in the morning; that if he perform to thee the part of a kinsman, well: let him do so. But if he decline to perform to thee the part of a kinsman, I myself will do the kinsman's part for thee, as the Lord liveth. Go to sleep till the morning." ¹⁴ So she lay at his feet till the morning, and arose before one could know another. And Boaz said, "Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor." ¹⁵ Then he said to her, "Bring the sash which is girt about thee." So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her, and went to the city. ¹⁶ And Ruth went to her mother in law. And her mother in law said to her, My daughter! And when Ruth had told her all that the man had done to her; ¹⁷ and said to her, He gave me also these six measures of barley; for said he to me, Thou must not go empty to thy mother in law; ¹⁸ she said, Sit still my daughter till thou know the issue of this matter; for the man will not rest till the affair is now brought to a conclusion.