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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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Ruth 1

1. Now it came <1961> to pass in the days <3117> when the

judges <8199> ruled <8199>, that there was a famine <7458> in

the land <0776>. And a certain man <0376> of Bethlehemjudah

<1035> went <3212> to sojourn <1481> in the country <7704> of

Moab <4124>, he, and his wife <0802>, and his two <8147> sons

<1121>.

2 And the name <8034> of the man <0376> [was] Elimelech <0458>,

and the name <8034> of his wife <0802> Naomi <5281>, and the

name <8034> of his two <8147> sons <1121> Mahlon <4248> and

Chilion <3630>, Ephrathites <0673> of Bethlehemjudah <1035>. And

they came <0935> into the country <7704> of Moab <4124>, and

continued <1961> there <8033>.

3 And Elimelech <0458> Naomi's <5281> husband <0376> died

<4191>; and she was left <7604>, and her two <8147> sons <1121>.

4 And they took <5375> them wives <0802> of the women <0802> of

Moab <4125>; the name <8034> of the one <0259> [was] Orpah

<6204>, and the name <8034> of the other <8145> Ruth <7327>: and

they dwelled <3427> there <8033> about ten <6235> years <8141>.

5 And Mahlon <4248> and Chilion <3630> died <4191> also <1571>

both <8147> of them; and the woman <0802> was left <7604> of her

two <8147> sons <3206> and her husband <0376>.

6. Then she arose <6965> with her daughters <3618> in law

<3618>, that she might return <7725> from the country <7704> of

Moab <4124>: for she had heard <8085> in the country <7704> of

Moab <4124> how that the LORD <3068> had visited <6485> his

people <5971> in giving <5414> them bread <3899>.

7 Wherefore she went <3318> forth <3318> out of the place

<4725> where she was, and her two <8147> daughters <3618> in law

<3618> with her; and they went <3212> on the way <1870> to

return <7725> unto the land <0776> of Judah <3063>.

8 And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto her two <8147> daughters

<3618> in law <3618>, Go <3212>, return <7725> each <0802> to

her mother's <0517> house <1004>: the LORD <3068> deal <6213>

kindly <2617> with you, as ye have dealt <6213> with the dead

<4191>, and with me.

9 The LORD <3068> grant <5414> you that ye may find <4672> rest

<4496>, each <0802> [of you] in the house <1004> of her husband

<0376>. Then she kissed <5401> them; and they lifted <5375> up

their voice <6963>, and wept <1058>.

10 And they said <0559> unto her, Surely <3588> we will return

<7725> with thee unto thy people <5971>.

11 And Naomi <5281> said <0559>, Turn <7725> again <7725>, my

daughters <1121>: why <4100> will ye go <3212> with me? [are]

there yet <5750> [any more] sons <1121> in my womb <4578>, that

they may be your husbands <0582>?

12 Turn <7725> again <7725>, my daughters <1121>, go <3212>

[your way <1870>]; for I am too old <2204> to have an husband

<0376>. If <3588> I should say <0559>, I have hope <8615>, [if

<3588>] I should have an husband <0376> also to night <3915>,

and should also <1571> bear <3205> sons <1121>;

13 Would ye tarry <7663> for them till <5704> they were grown

<1431>? would ye stay <5702> for them from having husbands

<0376>? nay <0408>, my daughters <1121>; for it grieveth <4843>

me much <3966> for your sakes that the hand <3027> of the LORD

<0113> is gone <3318> out against me.

14 And they lifted <5375> up their voice <6963>, and wept

<1058> again <5750>: and Orpah <6204> kissed <5401> her mother

<2545> in law <2545>; but Ruth <7327> clave <1692> unto her.

15 And she said <0559>, Behold <2009>, thy sister <2994> in law

<2994> is gone <7725> back <7725> unto her people <5971>, and

unto her gods <0430>: return <7725> thou after <0310> thy sister

<2994> in law <2994>.

16 And Ruth <7327> said <0559>, Intreat <6293> me not to leave

<5800> thee, [or] to return <7725> from following after <0310>

thee: for whither thou goest <3212>, I will go <3212>; and where

<0834> thou lodgest <3885>, I will lodge <3885>: thy people

<5971> [shall be] my people <5971>, and thy God <0430> my God

<0430>:

17 Where <0834> thou diest <4191>, will I die <4191>, and there

<8033> will I be buried <6912>: the LORD <3068> do <6213> so

<3541> to me, and more <3254> also <3541>, [if <3588> ought] but

death <4194> part <6504> thee and me.

18 When she saw <7200> that she was stedfastly <0553> minded to

go <3212> with her, then she left <2308> speaking <1696> unto

her.

19. So they two <8147> went <3212> until <5704> they came

<0935> to Bethlehem <1035>. And it came <1961> to pass, when

they were come <0935> to Bethlehem <1035>, that all <3605> the

city <5892> was moved <1949> about <5921> them, and they said

<0559>, [Is] this <2063> Naomi <5281>?

20 And she said <0559> unto them, Call <7121> me not Naomi

<5281>, call <7121> me Mara <4755>: for the Almighty <7706> hath

dealt very <3966> bitterly <4843> with me.

21 I went <1980> out full <4390>, and the LORD <3068> hath

brought <7725> me home <7725> again <7725> empty <7387>: why

<4100> [then] call <7121> ye me Naomi <5281>, seeing the LORD

<3068> hath testified <6030> against me, and the Almighty <7706>

hath afflicted <7489> me?

22 So Naomi <5281> returned <7725>, and Ruth <7327> the

Moabitess <4125>, her daughter <3618> in law <3618>, with her,

which returned <7725> out of the country <7704> of Moab <4124>:

and they came <0935> to Bethlehem <1035> in the beginning <8462>

of barley <8184> harvest <7105>.

Ruth 2

1. And Naomi <5281> had a kinsman <3045> of her husband's

<0376>, a mighty <1368> man <0376> of wealth <2428>, of the

family <4940> of Elimelech <0458>; and his name <8034> [was]

Boaz <1162>.

2 And Ruth <7327> the Moabitess <4125> said <0559> unto Naomi

<5281>, Let me now <4994> go <3212> to the field <7704>, and

glean <3950> ears <7641> of corn after <0310> [him] in whose

<0834> sight <5869> I shall find <4672> grace <2580>. And she

said <0559> unto her, Go <3212>, my daughter <1323>.

3 And she went <3212>, and came <0935>, and gleaned <3950> in

the field <7704> after <0310> the reapers <7114>: and her hap

<4745> was to light <7136> on a part <2513> of the field <7704>

[belonging] unto Boaz <1162>, who <0834> [was] of the kindred

<4940> of Elimelech <0458>.

4. And, behold <2009>, Boaz <1162> came <0935> from Bethlehem

<1035>, and said <0559> unto the reapers <7114>, The LORD <3068>

[be] with you. And they answered <0559> him, The LORD <3068>

bless <1288> thee.

5 Then said <0559> Boaz <1162> unto his servant <5288> that was

set <5324> over <5921> the reapers <7114>, Whose <4310> damsel

<5291> [is] this <2063>?

6 And the servant <5288> that was set <5324> over <5921> the

reapers <7114> answered <6030> and said <0559>, It [is] the

Moabitish <4125> damsel <5291> that came <7725> back <7725> with

Naomi <5281> out of the country <7704> of Moab <4124>:

7 And she said <0559>, I pray <4994> you, let me glean <3950>

and gather <0622> after <0310> the reapers <7114> among <0996>

the sheaves <6016>: so she came <0935>, and hath continued

<5975> even <0227> from the morning <1242> until <5704> now

<6258>, that she tarried <3427> a little <4592> in the house

<1004>.

8 Then said <0559> Boaz <1162> unto Ruth <7327>, Hearest <8085>

thou not, my daughter <1323>? Go <3212> not to glean <3950> in

another <0312> field <7704>, neither go <5674> from hence <2088>,

but abide <1692> here <3541> fast by my maidens <5291>:

9 [Let] thine eyes <5869> [be] on the field <7704> that they do

reap <7114>, and go <1980> thou after <0310> them: have I not

charged <6680> the young <5288> men that they shall not touch

<5060> thee? and when thou art athirst <6770>, go <1980> unto

the vessels <3627>, and drink <8354> of [that] which <0834> the

young <5288> men have drawn <7579>.

10 Then she fell <5307> on <5921> her face <6440>, and bowed

<7812> herself to the ground <0776>, and said <0559> unto him,

Why <4069> have I found <4672> grace <2580> in thine eyes <5869>,

that thou shouldest take knowledge <5234> of me, seeing I [am]

a stranger <5237>?

11 And Boaz <1162> answered <6030> and said <0559> unto her, It

hath fully <5046> been shewed <5046> me, all <3605> that thou

hast done <6213> unto thy mother <2545> in law <2545> since

<0310> the death <4194> of thine husband <0376>: and [how] thou

hast left <5800> thy father <1> and thy mother <0517>, and the

land <0776> of thy nativity <4138>, and art come <1980> unto a

people <5971> which <0834> thou knewest <3045> not heretofore

<8543>.

12 The LORD <3068> recompense <7999> thy work <6467>, and a

full <8003> reward <4909> be given thee of the LORD <3068> God

<0430> of Israel <3478>, under <8478> whose <0834> wings <3671>

thou art come <0935> to trust <2620>.

13 Then she said <0559>, Let me find <4672> favour <2580> in

thy sight <5869>, my lord <3068>; for that thou hast comforted

<5162> me, and for that thou hast spoken <1696> friendly <3820>

unto thine handmaid <8198>, though I be not like unto one <0259>

of thine handmaidens <8198>.

14 And Boaz <1162> said <0559> unto her, At mealtime come

<5060> thou hither <1988>, and eat <0398> of the bread <3899>,

and dip <2881> thy morsel <6595> in the vinegar <2558>. And she

sat <3427> beside <6654> the reapers <7114>: and he reached

<6642> her parched <7039> [corn], and she did eat <0398>, and

was sufficed <7646>, and left <3498>.

15 And when she was risen <6965> up to glean <3950>, Boaz

<1162> commanded <6680> his young <5288> men, saying <0559>, Let

her glean <3950> even <1571> among the sheaves <6016>, and

reproach <3637> her not:

16 And let fall <7997> also <1571> [some] of the handfuls

<6653> of purpose <7997> for her, and leave <5800> [them], that

she may glean <3950> [them], and rebuke <1605> her not.

17. So she gleaned <3950> in the field <7704> until <5704> even

<6153>, and beat <2251> out that she had gleaned <3950>: and it

was about an ephah <0374> of barley <8184>.

18 And she took <5375> [it] up, and went <0935> into the city

<5892>: and her mother <2545> in law <2545> saw <7200> what she

had gleaned <3950>: and she brought <3318> forth <3318>, and

gave <5414> to her that she had reserved <3498> after she was

sufficed <7648>.

19 And her mother <2545> in law <2545> said <0559> unto her,

Where <0645> hast thou gleaned <3950> to day <3117>? and where

<0375> wroughtest <6213> thou? blessed <1288> be he that did

take knowledge <5234> of thee. And she shewed <5046> her mother

<2545> in law <2545> with whom she had wrought <6213>, and said

<0559>, The man's <0376> name <8034> with whom I wrought <6213>

to day <3117> [is] Boaz <1162>.

20 And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto her daughter <3618> in law

<3618>, Blessed <1288> [be] he of the LORD <3068>, who <0834>

hath not left <5800> off his kindness <2617> to the living

<2416> and to the dead <4191>. And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto

her, The man <0376> [is] near <7138> of kin unto us, one of our

next kinsmen <1350>.

21 And Ruth <7327> the Moabitess <4125> said <0559>, He said

<0559> unto me also, Thou shalt keep <1692> fast by my young

<5288> men, until they have ended <3615> all <3605> my harvest

<7105>.

22 And Naomi <5281> said <0559> unto Ruth <7327> her daughter

<1323> in law <3618>, [It is] good <2896>, my daughter <1323>,

that thou go <3318> out with his maidens <5291>, that they meet

<6293> thee not in any other <0312> field <7704>.

23 So she kept <1692> fast by the maidens <5291> of Boaz <1162>

to glean <3950> unto the end <3615> of barley <8184> harvest

<7105> and of wheat <2406> harvest <7105>; and dwelt <3427> with

her mother <2545> in law <2545>.

Ruth 3

1. Then Naomi <5281> her mother <2545> in law <2545> said

<0559> unto her, My daughter <1323>, shall I not seek <1245>

rest <4494> for thee, that it may be well <3190> with thee?

2 And now <6258> [is] not Boaz <1162> of our kindred <4130>,

with whose <0834> maidens <5291> thou wast? Behold <2009>, he

winnoweth <2219> barley <8184> to night <3915> in the

threshingfloor <1637>.

3 Wash <7364> thyself therefore, and anoint <5480> thee, and

put <7760> thy raiment <8071> upon thee, and get <3381> thee

down <3381> to the floor <1637>: [but] make not thyself known

<3045> unto the man <0376>, until <5704> he shall have done

<3615> eating <0398> and drinking <8354>.

4 And it shall be, when he lieth <7901> down <7901>, that thou

shalt mark <3045> the place <4725> where he shall lie <7901>,

and thou shalt go <0935> in, and uncover <1540> his feet <4772>,

and lay <7901> thee down <7901>; and he will tell <5046> thee

what thou shalt do <6213>.

5 And she said <0559> unto her, All <3605> that thou sayest

<0559> unto me I will do <6213>.

6. And she went <3381> down <3381> unto the floor <1637>, and

did <6213> according to all <3605> that her mother <2545> in law

<2545> bade <6680> her.

7 And when Boaz <1162> had eaten <0398> and drunk <8354>, and

his heart <3820> was merry <3190>, he went <0935> to lie <7901>

down <7901> at the end <7097> of the heap <6194> of corn <6194>:

and she came <0935> softly <3909>, and uncovered <1540> his feet

<4772>, and laid <7901> her down <7901>.

8 And it came <1961> to pass at midnight, that the man <0376>

was afraid <2729>, and turned <3943> himself: and, behold <2009>,

a woman <0802> lay <7901> at his feet <4772>.

9 And he said <0559>, Who <4310> [art] thou? And she answered

<0559>, I [am] Ruth <7327> thine handmaid <0519>: spread <6566>

therefore thy skirt <3671> over <5921> thine handmaid <0519>;

for thou [art] a near kinsman <1350>.

10 And he said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] thou of the LORD

<3068>, my daughter <1323>: [for] thou hast shewed <3190> more

kindness <2617> in the latter <0314> end than <4480> at the

beginning <7223>, inasmuch <1115> as thou followedst not young

<0970> men, whether <0518> poor <1800> or rich <6223>.

11 And now <6258>, my daughter <1323>, fear <3372> not; I will

do <6213> to thee all <3605> that thou requirest <0559>: for all

<3605> the city <8179> of my people <5971> doth know <3045> that

thou [art] a virtuous <2428> woman <0802>.

12 And now <6258> it is true <0551> that I [am thy] near

kinsman <1350>: howbeit there is a kinsman <1350> nearer <7138>

than I.

13 Tarry <3885> this night <3915>, and it shall be in the

morning <1242>, [that] if <0518> he will perform unto thee the

part of a kinsman <1350>, well <2896>; let him do the kinsman's

<1350> part: but if <0518> he will <2654> not do the part of a

kinsman <1350> to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman

<1350> to thee, [as] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>: lie <7901>

down <7901> until <5704> the morning <1242>.

14. And she lay <7901> at his feet <4772> until <5704> the

morning <1242>: and she rose <6965> up before <2958> one could

know <5234> another <7453>. And he said <0559>, Let it not be

known <3045> that a woman <0802> came <0935> into the floor

<1637>.

15 Also he said <0559>, Bring <3051> the vail <4304> that [thou

hast] upon thee, and hold <0270> it. And when she held <0270> it,

he measured <4058> six <8337> [measures] of barley <8184>, and

laid <7896> [it] on <5921> her: and she went <0935> into the

city <5892>.

16 And when she came <0935> to her mother <2545> in law <2545>,

she said <0559>, Who <4310> [art] thou, my daughter <1323>? And

she told <5046> her all <3605> that the man <0376> had done

<6213> to her.

17 And she said <0559>, These <0428> six <8337> [measures] of

barley <8184> gave <5414> he me; for he said <0559> to me, Go

<0935> not empty <7387> unto thy mother <2545> in law <2545>.

18 Then said <0559> she, Sit <3427> still, my daughter <1323>,

until thou know <3045> how <5704> the matter <1697> will fall

<5307>: for the man <0376> will not be in rest <8252>, until he

have finished <3615> the thing <1697> this day <3117>.

Ruth 4

1. Then went <5927> Boaz <1162> up to the gate <8179>, and sat

<3427> him down there <8033>: and, behold <2009>, the kinsman

<1350> of whom <0834> Boaz <1162> spake <1696> came <5674> by;

unto whom he said <0559>, Ho <1945>, such <6423> a one <0492>!

turn <5493> aside, sit <3427> down here <6311>. And he turned

<5493> aside, and sat <3427> down.

2 And he took <3947> ten <6235> men <0582> of the elders <2205>

of the city <5892>, and said <0559>, Sit <3427> ye down here

<6311>. And they sat <3427> down.

3 And he said <0559> unto the kinsman <1350>, Naomi <5281>,

that is come <7725> again <7725> out of the country <7704> of

Moab <4124>, selleth <4376> a parcel <2513> of land <7704>,

which <0834> [was] our brother <0251> Elimelech's <0458>:

4 And I thought <0559> to advertise thee, saying <0559>, Buy

<7069> [it] before <5048> the inhabitants <3427>, and before

<5048> the elders <2205> of my people <5971>. If <0518> thou

wilt redeem <1350> [it], redeem <6299> [it]: but if <0518> thou

wilt not redeem <1350> [it, then] tell <5046> me, that I may

know <3045>: for [there is] none <0369> to redeem <1350> [it]

beside <2108> thee; and I [am] after <0310> thee. And he said

<0559>, I will redeem <1350> [it].

5 Then said <0559> Boaz <1162>, What day <3117> thou buyest

<7069> the field <7704> of the hand <3027> of Naomi <5281>, thou

must buy <7069> [it] also of Ruth <7327> the Moabitess <4125>,

the wife <0802> of the dead <4191>, to raise <6965> up the name

<8034> of the dead <4191> upon his inheritance <5159>.

6 And the kinsman <1350> said <0559>, I cannot redeem <1350>

[it] for myself, lest <6435> I mar <7843> mine own inheritance

<5159>: redeem <1350> thou my right <1353> to thyself; for I

cannot redeem <1350> [it].

7 Now this <2063> [was the manner] in former <6440> time <6440>

in Israel <3478> concerning <5921> redeeming <1353> and

concerning <5921> changing <8545>, for to confirm <6965> all

<3605> things; a man <0376> plucked <8025> off his shoe <5275>,

and gave <5414> [it] to his neighbour <7453>: and this <2063>

[was] a testimony <8584> in Israel <3478>.

8 Therefore the kinsman <1350> said <0559> unto Boaz <1162>,

Buy <7069> [it] for thee. So he drew <8025> off his shoe <5275>.

9. And Boaz <1162> said <0559> unto the elders <2205>, and

[unto] all <3605> the people <5971>, Ye [are] witnesses <5707>

this day <3117>, that I have bought <7069> all <3605> that [was]

Elimelech's <0458>, and all <3605> that [was] Chilion's <3630>

and Mahlon's <4248>, of the hand <3027> of Naomi <5281>.

10 Moreover <1571> Ruth <7327> the Moabitess <4125>, the wife

<0802> of Mahlon <4248>, have I purchased <7069> to be my wife

<0802>, to raise <6965> up the name <8034> of the dead <4191>

upon his inheritance <5159>, that the name <8034> of the dead

<4191> be not cut <3772> off from among <5973> his brethren

<0251>, and from the gate <8179> of his place <4725>: ye [are]

witnesses <5707> this day <3117>.

11 And all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] in the gate

<8179>, and the elders <2205>, said <0559>, [We are] witnesses

<5707>. The LORD <3068> make <5414> the woman <0802> that is

come <0935> into <0413> thine house <1004> like Rachel <7354>

and like Leah <3812>, which <0834> two <8147> did build <1129>

the house <1004> of Israel <3478>: and do <6213> thou worthily

<2428> in Ephratah <0672>, and be famous <8034> in Bethlehem

<1035>:

12 And let thy house <1004> be like the house <1004> of Pharez

<6557>, whom <0834> Tamar <8559> bare <3205> unto Judah <3063>,

of the seed <2233> which <0834> the LORD <3068> shall give

<5414> thee of this <2063> young <5291> woman <5291>.

13. So Boaz <1162> took <3947> Ruth <7327>, and she was his

wife <0802>: and when he went <0935> in unto her, the LORD

<3068> gave <5414> her conception <2032>, and she bare <3205> a

son <1121>.

14 And the women <0802> said <0559> unto Naomi <5281>, Blessed

<1288> [be] the LORD <3068>, which <0834> hath not left <7673>

thee this day <3117> without a kinsman <1350>, that his name

<8034> may be famous <7121> in Israel <3478>.

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer <7725> of [thy] life

<5315>, and a nourisher <3557> of thine old <7872> age <7872>:

for thy daughter <3618> in law <3618>, which <0834> loveth

<0157> thee, which <0834> is better <2896> to thee than seven

<7651> sons <1121>, hath born <3205> him.

16 And Naomi <5281> took <3947> the child <3206>, and laid

<7896> it in her bosom <2436>, and became <1961> nurse <0539>

unto it.

17 And the women her neighbours <7934> gave <7121> it a name

<8034>, saying <0559>, There is a son <1121> born <3205> to

Naomi <5281>; and they called <7121> his name <8034> Obed <5744>:

he [is] the father <1> of Jesse <3448>, the father <1> of David

<1732>.

18 Now these <0428> [are] the generations <8435> of Pharez

<6557>: Pharez <6557> begat <3205> Hezron <2696>,

19 And Hezron <2696> begat <3205> Ram <7410>, and Ram <7410>

begat <3205> Amminadab <5992>,

20 And Amminadab <5992> begat <3205> Nahshon <5177>, and

Nahshon <5177> begat <3205> Salmon <8009>,

21 And Salmon <8012> begat <3205> Boaz <1162>, and Boaz <1162>

begat <3205> Obed <5744>,

22 And Obed <5744> begat <3205> Jesse <3448>, and Jesse <3448>

begat <3205> David <1732>.