Ruth Chapter 3

Ruth Chapter 3
1 Afterward Naomi her mother in law
said unto her, My daughter, shall not I
seek rest for thee, that thou mayest
prosper?
2 Now also is not Boaz our kinsman,
with whose maids thou wast? Behold, he
winoweth barley tonight in the floor.
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint
thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and
get thee down to the floor: let not the
man know of thee, until he have left
eating and drinking.
4 And when he shall sleep, mark the
place where he layeth him down, and go,
and uncover the place of his feet, and lay
thee down, and he shall tell thee what
thou shalt do.
5 And she answered her, All that thou
biddest me, I will do.
6 So she went down unto the floor, and
did according to all that her mother in
law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten, and
drunken, and cheered his heart, he went
to lie down at the end of the heap of
corn, and she came softly, and
uncovered the place of his feet, and lay
down.
8 And at midnight the man was afraid
and caught hold: and lo, a woman lay at
his feet.
9 Then he said, Who art thou? And she
answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid:
spread therefore the wing of thy garment
over thine handmaid: for thou art the
kinsman.
10 Then said he, Blessed be thou of the
Lord, my daughter: thou hast showed
more goodness in the latter end, than at
the beginning, in as much as thou
followedst not young men, were they
poor or rich.
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 art a virtuous woman. 12 And now,
it is true that I am thy kinsman, howbeit
there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13 Tarry tonight, and when morning is
come, if he will do the duty of a kinsman
unto thee, well, let him do the kinsman's
duty: but if he will not do the kinsman's
part, then will I do the duty of a kinsman,
as the Lord liveth: sleep until the
morning.
14 And she lay at his feet until the
morning: and she arose before one could
know another: for he said, Let no man
know, that a woman came into the floor.
15 Also he said, Bring the sheet that thou
hast upon thee, and hold it. And when
she held it, he measured six measures of
barley, and laid them on her, and went
into the city.
16 And when she came to her mother in
law, she said, Who art thou, my
daughter? And she told her all that the
man had done to her,
17 And said, These six measures of
barley gave he me: for he said to me,
Thou shalt not come empty unto thy
mother in law.
18 Then said she, My daughter, sit still,
until thou know how the thing will fall:
for the man will not be in rest, until he
hath finished the matter this same day.