08_RUT_02_01 And Naomi had A kinsman of her husband's, A mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; And his name [was] Boaz.
08_RUT_02_02 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, let me now go to the field, And glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
08_RUT_02_03 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 [belonging] unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech.
08_RUT_02_04 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, And said unto the reapers, the LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, the LORD bless thee.
08_RUT_02_05 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, whose damsel [is] this?
08_RUT_02_06 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered And said, it [is] the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
08_RUT_02_07 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.
08_RUT_02_08 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:
08_RUT_02_09 [Let] thine eyes [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 [that] which the young men have drawn.
08_RUT_02_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 [am] A stranger?
08_RUT_02_11 And Boaz answered And said unto her, it hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: And [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.
08_RUT_02_12 the LORD recompense thy work, And A full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
08_RUT_02_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.
08_RUT_02_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 [corn], And she did eat, And was sufficed, And left.
08_RUT_02_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:
08_RUT_02_16 And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for her, And leave [them], that she may glean [them], And rebuke her not.
08_RUT_02_17 So she gleaned in the field until even, And beat out that she had gleaned: And it was about an Ephah of barley.
08_RUT_02_18 And she took [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.
08_RUT_02_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 showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, And said, the man's name with whom I wrought to day [is] Boaz.
08_RUT_02_20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, blessed [be] he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living And to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, the man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
08_RUT_02_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.
08_RUT_02_22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, [It is] good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
08_RUT_02_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.