Boaz Meets Ruth 1 ULT Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a man of great worth from the clan of Elimelech. And his name{ was} Boaz. BSB BSB: Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
2 ULT And Ruth, the Moabite woman, said to Naomi,“Please, I want to go to the field and glean heads of grain after the one in whose eyes I find favor.” And she said to her,“Go, my daughter.” BSB BSB: And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
3 ULT So she left and went to glean in the field after the reapers. And her chance chanced upon the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek. BSB BSB: So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
4 ULT Then behold, Boaz coming from Bethlehem! And he said to the reapers,“Yahweh be with you.” And they said to him,“May Yahweh bless you.” BSB BSB: Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
5 ULT Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers,“Who does this young woman belong to?” BSB BSB: And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
6 ULT Then the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said,“She is a young Moabite woman, the woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab. BSB BSB: The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
7 ULT And she said,‘Please let me glean and gather among the bundles of grain after the reapers.’ And she came and has continued from then, in the morning, until now. This is her resting in the house a little.” BSB BSB: She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
8 ULT Then Boaz said to Ruth,“Will you not listen, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, and do not even go away from here, but thusly stick closely to my young female workers. BSB BSB: Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
9 ULT Keep your eyes on the field where they are reaping and follow behind them. Have I not instructed the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the waterpots and drink from what the young men draw.” BSB BSB: Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
10 ULT Then she fell on her face and bowed down to the ground and said to him,“Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?” BSB BSB: At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”
11 ULT Then Boaz answered and said to her,“It has been fully reported to me everything that you have done with your mother- in- law after the death of your husband. You left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and you came to a people whom you did not know the day before yesterday. BSB BSB: Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
12 ULT May Yahweh reward your work, and may your full wages come from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.” BSB BSB: May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
13 ULT Then she said,“May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, since you have comforted me, and since you have spoken to the heart of your female servant. But as for me, I am not even like one of your female servants.” BSB BSB: “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
14 ULT Then, at the time of the meal, Boaz said to her,“Come here and eat from the bread, and dip your piece in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he offered to her some roasted grain. And she ate and she was satisfied, and she had some left over. BSB BSB: At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
15 ULT Then she got up to glean. Then Boaz commanded his young men, saying,“Let her glean even among the bundles, and do not shame her. BSB BSB: When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
16 ULT Even be sure to pull some out from the bundles for her and leave it for her to glean, and do not rebuke her!” BSB BSB: Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
17 ULT So she gleaned in the field until the evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. BSB BSB: So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
18 ULT And she lifted it up and went into the city, and her mother- in- law saw what she had gleaned. Then she took out and gave to her what she had left over after she was satisfied. BSB BSB: She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
19 ULT Then her mother- in- law said to her,“Where did you glean today and where did you work? May the one who noticed you be blessed.” Then she told her mother- in- law with whom she had worked. And she said,“The name of the man with whom I worked today{ is} Boaz.” BSB BSB: Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
20 ULT Then Naomi said to her daughter- in- law,“May he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not forsaken his covenant faithfulness with the living and with the dead.” Naomi also said to her,“That man is close to us. He is one of our kinsman- redeemers.” BSB BSB: Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
21 ULT Then Ruth the Moabite woman said,“In addition, he said to me,‘You should keep close by the servants who belong to me until the time when they have finished all of the harvest that belongs to me.’” BSB BSB: Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
22 ULT Then Naomi said to Ruth her daughter- in- law,“It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young female workers, so that they do not harm you in any other field.” BSB BSB: And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
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