Ruth 3

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Naomi^H5281 her mother-in-law^H2545 said^H559 unto her, My daughter,^H1323 shall I not seek^H1245 rest^H4494 for thee, that it may be well^H3190 with thee?

2 ♥ 📝 And now is not Boaz^H1162 our kinsman,^H4130 with whose maidens^H5291 thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth^H2219 barley^H8184 to-night^H3915 in the threshing-floor.^H1637

3 ♥ 📝 Wash^H7364 thyself therefore, and anoint^H5480 thee, and put^H7760 thy raiment^H8071 upon thee, and get thee down^H3381 to the threshing-floor,^H1637 but make not thyself known^H3045 unto the man,^H376 until he shall have done^H3615 eating^H398 and drinking.^H8354

4 ♥ 📝 And it shall be, when he lieth down,^H7901 that thou shalt mark^H3045 the place^H4725 where he shall lie,^H7901 and thou shalt go in,^H935 and uncover^H1540 his feet,^H4772 and lay thee down;^H7901 and he will tell^H5046 thee what thou shalt do.^H6213

5 ♥ 📝 And she said^H559 unto her, All that thou sayest^H559 I will do.^H6213

6 ♥ 📝 And she went down^H3381 unto the threshing-floor,^H1637 and did^H6213 according to all that her mother-in-law^H2545 bade^H6680 her.

7 ♥ 📝 And when Boaz^H1162 had eaten^H398 and drunk,^H8354 and his heart^H3820 was merry,^H3190 he went^H935 to lie down^H7901 at the end^H7097 of the heap of grain:^H6194 and she came^H935 softly,^H3909 and uncovered^H1540 his feet,^H4772 and laid her down.^H7901

8 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass at midnight,^H2677 that the man^H376 was afraid,^H2729 and turned^H3943 himself; and, behold, a woman^H802 lay^H7901 at his feet.^H4772

9 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Who art thou? And she answered,^H559 I am Ruth^H7327 thy handmaid:^H519 spread^H6566 therefore thy skirt^H3671 over thy handmaid;^H519 for thou art a near kinsman.^H1350

10 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be thou of Jehovah,^H3068 my daughter:^H1323 thou hast showed^H3190 more kindness^H2617 in the latter end^H314 than at the beginning,^H7223 inasmuch as thou followedst^H3212 not^H1115 young men,^H970 whether poor^H1800 or rich.^H6223

11 ♥ 📝 And now, my daughter,^H1323 fear^H3372 not; I will do^H6213 to thee all that thou sayest;^H559 for all the city^H8179 of my people^H5971 doth know^H3045 that thou art a worthy^H2428 woman.^H802

12 ♥ 📝 And now it is true^H551 that I am a near kinsman;^H1350 howbeit there is^H3426 a kinsman^H1350 nearer^H7138 than I.

13 ♥ 📝 Tarry^H3885 this night,^H3915 and it shall be in the morning,^H1242 that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman,^H1350 well;^H2896 let him do the kinsman's part:^H1350 but if he will^H2654 not do the part of a kinsman^H1350 to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman^H1350 to thee, as Jehovah^H3068 liveth:^H2416 lie down^H7901 until the morning.^H1242

14 ♥ 📝 And she lay^H7901 at his feet^H4772 until the morning.^H1242 And she rose up^H6965 before^H2958 one^H376 could discern^H5234 another.^H7453 For he said,^H559 Let it not be known^H3045 that the woman^H802 came^H935 to the threshing-floor.^H1637

15 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Bring^H3051 the mantle^H4304 that is upon thee, and hold^H270 it; and she held^H270 it; and he measured^H4058 six^H8337 [measures] of barley,^H8184 and laid^H7896 it on her: and he went^H935 into the city.^H5892

16 ♥ 📝 And when she came^H935 to her mother-in-law,^H2545 she said,^H559 Who art thou, my daughter?^H1323 And she told^H559 her all that the man^H376 had done^H6213 to her.

17 ♥ 📝 And she said,^H559 These six^H8337 [measures] of barley^H8184 gave^H5414 he me; for he said,^H559 Go^H935 not empty^H7387 unto thy mother-in-law.^H2545

18 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 she, Sit still,^H3427 my daughter,^H1323 until thou know^H3045 how the matter^H1697 will fall;^H5307 for the man^H376 will not rest,^H8252 until^H518 he have finished^H3615 the thing^H1697 this day.^H3117