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{\MT The Book of Ruth



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now it came to pass in the
days when the
judges
ruled, that there was a
famine in the
land. And a certain
man of
Beth-lehem-judah
went to
sojourn in the
country of
Moab, he, and his
wife, and his
two
sons.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1.1 }{\FT{ruled: Heb. judged}}}

\VS{2}And the
name of the
man
{\ADD{was}}
Elimelech, and the
name of his
wife
Naomi, and the
name of his
two
sons
Mahlon and
Chilion,
Ephrathites of
Beth-lehem-judah. And they
came into the
country of
Moab, and continued there.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1.2 }{\FT{continued: Heb. were}}}

\VS{3}And
Elimelech
Naomi’s
husband
died; and she was
left, and her
two
sons.

\VS{4}And they
took them
wives of the
women of
Moab; the
name of the
one
{\ADD{was}}
Orpah, and the
name of the
other
Ruth: and they
dwelled there about
ten
years.

\VS{5}And
Mahlon and
Chilion
died also
both of them; and the
woman was
left of her
two
sons and her
husband.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ Then she
arose with her daughters in
law, that she might
return from the
country of
Moab: for she had
heard in the
country of
Moab how that the
{\ND{LORD}} had
visited his
people in
giving them
bread.

\VS{7}Wherefore she went
forth out of the
place where she was, and her
two daughters in
law with her; and they
went on the
way to
return unto the
land of
Judah.

\VS{8}And
Naomi
said unto her
two daughters in
law,
Go,
return
each to her
mother’s
house: the
{\ND{LORD}}
deal
kindly with you, as ye have
dealt with the
dead, and with me.

\VS{9}The
{\ND{LORD}}
grant you that ye may
find
rest,
each
{\ADD{of you}} in the
house of her
husband. Then she
kissed them; and they lifted
up their
voice, and
wept.

\VS{10}And they
said unto her, Surely we will
return with thee unto thy
people.

\VS{11}And
Naomi
said, Turn
again, my
daughters: why will ye
go with me?
{\ADD{are}} there yet
{\ADD{any more}}
sons in my
womb, that they may be your
husbands?

\VS{12}Turn
again, my
daughters,
go
{\ADD{your way;}} for I am too
old to have an
husband. If I should
say, I
have
hope,
{\ADD{if}} I should have an
husband also to
night, and should also
bear
sons;\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1.12 }{\FT{should have…: or were with an husband}}}

\VS{13}Would ye
tarry for
them till they were
grown? would ye
stay for
them from having
husbands? nay, my
daughters; for it
grieveth me
much for your sakes that the
hand of the
{\ND{LORD}} is gone
out against me.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1.13 }{\FT{tarry: Heb. hope}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 1.13 }{\FT{it grieveth…: Heb. I have much bitterness}}}

\VS{14}And they lifted
up their
voice, and wept
again: and
Orpah
kissed her mother in
law; but
Ruth
clave unto her.

\VS{15}And she
said, Behold, thy sister in
law is gone
back unto her
people, and unto her
gods:
return thou
after thy sister in
law.

\VS{16}And
Ruth
said,
Intreat me not to
leave thee,
{\ADD{or}} to
return from following
after thee: for whither thou
goest, I will
go; and where thou
lodgest, I will
lodge: thy
people
{\ADD{shall be}} my
people, and thy
God my
God:\FTNT{††}{{\FR 1.16 }{\FT{Intreat…: or, Be not against me}}}

\VS{17}Where thou
diest, will I
die, and there will I be
buried: the
{\ND{LORD}}
do so to me, and
more also,
{\ADD{if ought}} but
death
part thee and me.

\VS{18}When she
saw that she was stedfastly
minded to
go with her, then she
left
speaking unto her.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 1.18 }{\FT{was…: Heb. strengthened herself}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{19}¶ So they
two
went until they
came to
Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were
come to
Beth-lehem, that all the
city was
moved about them, and they
said,
{\ADD{Is}} this
Naomi?

\VS{20}And she
said unto them,
Call me not
Naomi,
call me
Mara: for the
Almighty hath dealt
very
bitterly with me.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 1.20 }{\FT{Naomi: that is, Pleasant}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 1.20 }{\FT{Mara: that is, Bitter}}}

\VS{21}I went
out
full, and the
{\ND{LORD}} hath brought me home
again
empty: why
{\ADD{then}}
call ye me
Naomi, seeing the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
testified against me, and the
Almighty hath
afflicted me?

\VS{22}So
Naomi
returned, and
Ruth the
Moabitess, her daughter in
law, with her, which
returned out of the
country of
Moab: and they
came to
Beth-lehem in the
beginning of
barley
harvest.




\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Naomi had a
kinsman of her
husband’s, a
mighty
man of
wealth, of the
family of
Elimelech; and his
name
{\ADD{was}}
Boaz.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2.1 }{\FT{Boaz: Gr. Booz}}}

\VS{2}And
Ruth the
Moabitess
said unto
Naomi, Let me now
go to the
field, and
glean ears of
corn
after
{\ADD{him}} in whose
sight I shall
find
grace. And she
said unto her,
Go, my
daughter.

\VS{3}And she
went, and
came, and
gleaned in the
field
after the
reapers: and her
hap was to
light on a
part of the
field
{\ADD{belonging}} unto
Boaz, who
{\ADD{was}} of the
kindred of
Elimelech.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2.3 }{\FT{hap…: Heb. hap happened}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ And, behold,
Boaz
came from
Beth-lehem, and
said unto the
reapers, The
{\ND{LORD}}
{\ADD{be}} with you. And they
answered him, The
{\ND{LORD}}
bless thee.

\VS{5}Then
said
Boaz unto his
servant that was
set over the
reapers, Whose
damsel
{\ADD{is}} this?

\VS{6}And the
servant that was
set over the
reapers
answered and
said, It
{\ADD{is}} the
Moabitish
damsel that came
back with
Naomi out of the
country of
Moab:

\VS{7}And she
said, I pray you, let me
glean and
gather
after the
reapers among the
sheaves: so she
came, and hath
continued
even from the
morning until now, that she
tarried a
little in the
house.

\VS{8}Then
said
Boaz unto
Ruth,
Hearest thou not, my
daughter?
Go not to
glean in
another
field, neither
go from hence, but
abide here fast by my
maidens:

\VS{9}{\ADD{Let}} thine
eyes
{\ADD{be}} on the
field that they do
reap, and
go thou
after them: have I not
charged the young
men that they shall not
touch thee? and when thou art
athirst,
go unto the
vessels, and
drink of
{\ADD{that}} which the young
men have
drawn.

\VS{10}Then she
fell on her
face, and
bowed herself to the
ground, and
said unto him, Why have I
found
grace in thine
eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I
{\ADD{am}} a
stranger?

\VS{11}And
Boaz
answered and
said unto her, It hath
fully been
shewed me, all that thou hast
done unto thy mother in
law
since the
death of thine
husband: and
{\ADD{how}} thou hast
left thy
father and thy
mother, and the
land of thy
nativity, and art
come unto a
people which thou
knewest not
heretofore.

\VS{12}The
{\ND{LORD}}
recompense thy
work, and a
full
reward be given thee of the
{\ND{LORD}}
God of
Israel, under whose
wings thou art
come to
trust.

\VS{13}Then she
said, Let me
find
favour in thy
sight, my
lord; for that thou hast
comforted me, and for that thou hast
spoken
friendly unto thine
handmaid, though I be not like unto
one of thine
handmaidens.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2.13 }{\FT{Let me…: or, I find}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2.13 }{\FT{friendly: Heb. to the heart}}}

\VS{14}And
Boaz
said unto her, At
mealtime
come thou
hither, and
eat of the
bread, and
dip thy
morsel in the
vinegar. And she
sat
beside the
reapers: and he
reached her
parched
{\ADD{corn}}, and she did
eat, and was
sufficed, and
left.

\VS{15}And when she was risen
up to
glean,
Boaz
commanded his young
men,
saying, Let her
glean even among the
sheaves, and
reproach her not:\FTNT{**}{{\FR 2.15 }{\FT{reproach…: Heb. shame her not}}}

\VS{16}And let
fall also
{\ADD{some}} of the
handfuls of
purpose for her, and
leave
{\ADD{them}}, that she may
glean
{\ADD{them}}, and
rebuke her not.


\par }{\PP \VS{17}So she
gleaned in the
field until
even, and beat
out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an
ephah of
barley.


\par }{\PP \VS{18}¶ And she took
{\ADD{it}}
up, and
went into the
city: and her mother in
law
saw what she had
gleaned: and she brought
forth, and
gave to her that she had
reserved after she was
sufficed.

\VS{19}And her mother in
law
said unto her, Where hast thou
gleaned to
day? and
where
wroughtest thou?
blessed be he that did take
knowledge of thee. And she
shewed her mother in
law with whom she had
wrought, and
said, The
man’s
name with whom I
wrought to
day
{\ADD{is}}
Boaz.

\VS{20}And
Naomi
said unto her daughter in
law,
Blessed
{\ADD{be}} he of the
{\ND{LORD}}, who hath not left
off his
kindness to the
living and to the
dead. And
Naomi
said unto her, The
man
{\ADD{is}} near of
kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 2.20 }{\FT{one of…: or, one that hath right to redeem}}}

\VS{21}And
Ruth the
Moabitess
said, He
said unto me also, Thou shalt keep
fast by my young
men, until they have
ended all my
harvest.

\VS{22}And
Naomi
said unto
Ruth her daughter in
law,
{\ADD{It is}}
good, my
daughter, that thou go
out with his
maidens, that they
meet thee not in any
other
field.\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 2.22 }{\FT{meet…: or, fall upon thee}}}

\VS{23}So she kept
fast by the
maidens of
Boaz to
glean unto the
end of
barley
harvest and of
wheat
harvest; and
dwelt with her mother in
law.




\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Naomi her mother in
law
said unto her, My
daughter, shall I not
seek
rest for thee, that it may be
well with thee?

\VS{2}And now
{\ADD{is}} not
Boaz of our
kindred, with whose
maidens thou wast? Behold, he
winnoweth
barley to
night in the
threshingfloor.

\VS{3}Wash thyself therefore, and
anoint thee, and
put thy
raiment upon thee, and get thee
down to the
floor:
{\ADD{but}} make not thyself
known unto the
man, until he shall have
done
eating and
drinking.

\VS{4}And it shall be, when he lieth
down, that thou shalt
mark the
place where he shall
lie, and thou shalt go
in, and
uncover his
feet, and lay thee
down; and he will
tell thee what thou shalt
do.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3.4 }{\FT{uncover: or, lift up the clothes that are on}}}

\VS{5}And she
said unto her, All that thou
sayest unto me I will
do.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ And she went
down unto the
floor, and
did according to all that her mother in
law
bade her.

\VS{7}And when
Boaz had
eaten and
drunk, and his
heart was
merry, he
went to lie
down at the
end of the heap of
corn: and she
came
softly, and
uncovered his
feet, and laid her
down.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}¶ And it came to pass at
midnight, that the
man was
afraid, and
turned himself: and, behold, a
woman
lay at his
feet.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3.8 }{\FT{turned: or, took hold on}}}

\VS{9}And he
said, Who
{\ADD{art}} thou? And she
answered, I
{\ADD{am}}
Ruth thine
handmaid:
spread therefore thy
skirt over thine
handmaid; for thou
{\ADD{art}} a near
kinsman.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3.9 }{\FT{a near…: or, one that hath right to redeem}}}

\VS{10}And he
said,
Blessed
{\ADD{be}} thou of the
{\ND{LORD}}, my
daughter:
{\ADD{for}} thou hast
shewed more
kindness in the latter
end than at the
beginning, inasmuch as thou
followedst
not young
men, whether
poor or
rich.

\VS{11}And now, my
daughter,
fear not; I will
do to thee all that thou
requirest: for all the
city of my
people doth
know that thou
{\ADD{art}} a
virtuous
woman.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 3.11 }{\FT{city: Heb. gate}}}

\VS{12}And now it is
true that I
{\ADD{am thy}} near
kinsman: howbeit there
is a
kinsman
nearer than I.

\VS{13}Tarry this
night, and it shall be in the
morning,
{\ADD{that}} if he will perform unto thee the part of a
kinsman,
well; let him do the
kinsman’s part: but if he
will not do the part of a
kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a
kinsman to thee,
{\ADD{as}} the
{\ND{LORD}}
liveth: lie
down until the
morning.


\par }{\PP \VS{14}¶ And she
lay at his
feet until the
morning: and she rose
up
before
one could
know
another. And he
said, Let it not be
known that a
woman
came into the
floor.

\VS{15}Also he
said,
Bring the
vail that
{\ADD{thou hast}} upon thee, and
hold it. And when she
held it, he
measured
six
{\ADD{measures}} of
barley, and
laid
{\ADD{it}} on her: and she
went into the
city.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 3.15 }{\FT{vail: or, sheet, or, apron}}}

\VS{16}And when she
came to her mother in
law, she
said, Who
{\ADD{art}} thou, my
daughter? And she
told her all that the
man had
done to her.

\VS{17}And she
said, These
six
{\ADD{measures}} of
barley
gave he me; for he
said to me,
Go not
empty unto thy mother in
law.

\VS{18}Then
said she, Sit
still, my
daughter, until thou
know how the
matter will
fall: for the
man will not be in
rest,
until he have
finished the
thing this
day.




\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
went
Boaz
up to the
gate, and sat him
down there: and, behold, the
kinsman of whom
Boaz
spake
came by; unto whom he
said,
Ho,
such a
one! turn
aside, sit
down here. And he turned
aside, and sat
down.

\VS{2}And he
took
ten
men of the
elders of the
city, and
said, Sit ye
down here. And they sat
down.

\VS{3}And he
said unto the
kinsman,
Naomi, that is come
again out of the
country of
Moab,
selleth a
parcel of
land, which
{\ADD{was}} our
brother
Elimelech’s:

\VS{4}And I
thought to
advertise thee,
saying,
Buy
{\ADD{it}} before the
inhabitants, and before the
elders of my
people. If thou wilt
redeem
{\ADD{it}},
redeem
{\ADD{it:}} but if thou wilt not
redeem
{\ADD{it, then}}
tell me, that I may
know: for
{\ADD{there is}} none to
redeem
{\ADD{it}}
beside thee; and I
{\ADD{am}}
after thee. And he
said, I will
redeem
{\ADD{it}}.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4.4 }{\FT{I thought…: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear}}}

\VS{5}Then
said
Boaz, What
day thou
buyest the
field of the
hand of
Naomi, thou must
buy
{\ADD{it}} also of
Ruth the
Moabitess, the
wife of the
dead, to raise
up the
name of the
dead upon his
inheritance.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}¶ And the
kinsman
said, I
cannot
redeem
{\ADD{it}} for myself, lest I
mar mine own
inheritance:
redeem thou my
right to thyself; for I
cannot
redeem
{\ADD{it}}.

\VS{7}Now this
{\ADD{was the manner}} in former
time in
Israel concerning
redeeming and concerning
changing, for to
confirm all
things; a
man plucked
off his
shoe, and
gave
{\ADD{it}} to his
neighbour: and this
{\ADD{was}} a
testimony in
Israel.

\VS{8}Therefore the
kinsman
said unto
Boaz,
Buy
{\ADD{it}} for thee. So he drew
off his
shoe.


\par }{\PP \VS{9}¶ And
Boaz
said unto the
elders, and
{\ADD{unto}} all the
people, Ye
{\ADD{are}}
witnesses this
day, that I have
bought all that
{\ADD{was}}
Elimelech’s, and all that
{\ADD{was}}
Chilion’s and
Mahlon’s, of the
hand of
Naomi.

\VS{10}Moreover
Ruth the
Moabitess, the
wife of
Mahlon, have I
purchased to be my
wife, to raise
up the
name of the
dead upon his
inheritance, that the
name of the
dead be not cut
off from
among his
brethren, and from the
gate of his
place: ye
{\ADD{are}}
witnesses this
day.

\VS{11}And all the
people that
{\ADD{were}} in the
gate, and the
elders,
said,
{\ADD{We are}}
witnesses. The
{\ND{LORD}}
make the
woman that is
come into thine
house like
Rachel and like
Leah, which
two did
build the
house of
Israel: and
do thou
worthily in
Ephratah, and be
famous in
Beth-lehem:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4.11 }{\FT{do thou…: or, get thee riches, or, power}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4.11 }{\FT{be famous: Heb. proclaim thy name}}}

\VS{12}And let thy
house be like the
house of
Pharez, whom
Tamar
bare unto
Judah, of the
seed which the
{\ND{LORD}} shall
give thee of this young
woman.


\par }{\PP \VS{13}¶ So
Boaz
took
Ruth, and she was his
wife: and when he went
in unto her, the
{\ND{LORD}}
gave her
conception, and she
bare a
son.

\VS{14}And the
women
said unto
Naomi,
Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the
{\ND{LORD}}, which hath not
left thee this
day without a
kinsman, that his
name may be
famous in
Israel.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4.14 }{\FT{left…: Heb. caused to cease unto thee}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 4.14 }{\FT{kinsman: or, redeemer}}}

\VS{15}And he shall be unto thee a
restorer of
{\ADD{thy}}
life, and a
nourisher of thine old
age: for thy daughter in
law, which
loveth thee, which is
better to thee than
seven
sons, hath
born him.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 4.15 }{\FT{a nourisher of: Heb. to nourish}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 4.15 }{\FT{thine…: Heb. thy gray hairs}}}

\VS{16}And
Naomi
took the
child, and
laid it in her
bosom, and became
nurse unto it.

\VS{17}And the women her
neighbours
gave it a
name,
saying, There is a
son
born to
Naomi; and they
called his
name
Obed: he
{\ADD{is}} the
father of
Jesse, the
father of
David.


\par }{\PP \VS{18}¶ Now these
{\ADD{are}} the
generations of
Pharez:
Pharez
begat
Hezron,

\VS{19}And
Hezron
begat
Ram, and
Ram
begat
Amminadab,

\VS{20}And
Amminadab
begat
Nahshon, and
Nahshon
begat
Salmon,\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 4.20 }{\FT{Salmon: or, Salmah}}}

\VS{21}And
Salmon
begat
Boaz, and
Boaz
begat
Obed,

\VS{22}And
Obed
begat
Jesse, and
Jesse
begat
David.


\par }