<vn='1'>And <sn="5281">Naomi</s> had a <sn="4129">kinsman</s> of her <sn="376">husband</s> 's, a <sn="1368">mighty</s><sn="376">man</s> of <sn="2428">wealth</s>, of the <sn="4480 4940">family</s> of <sn="458">Elimelech</s>; and his <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="1162">Boaz</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="7327">Ruth</s> the <sn="4125">Moabitess</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="5281">Naomi</s>, Let me <sn="4994">now</s><sn="1980">go</s> to the <sn="7704">field</s>, and <sn="3950">glean</s> ears of <sn="7641">corn</s><sn="310 834">after</s> him in whose <sn="5869">sight</s> I shall <sn="4672">find</s><sn="2580">grace</s>. And she <sn="559">said</s> unto her, <sn="1980">Go</s>, my <sn="1323">daughter</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And she <sn="1980">went</s>, and <sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="3950">gleaned</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="7114">reapers</s>: and her <sn="4745">hap</s> was to <sn="7136">light</s> on a <sn="2513">part</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> belonging unto <sn="1162">Boaz</s>, <sn="834">who</s> was of the <sn="4480 4940">kindred</s> of <sn="458">Elimelech</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="935">came</s> from <sn="4480 1035">Bethlehem</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="7114">reapers</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> be <sn="5973">with</s> you. And they <sn="559">answered</s> him, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1288">bless</s> thee. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="1162">Boaz</s> unto his <sn="5288">servant</s> that was <sn="5324">set</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="7114">reapers</s>, <sn="4310">Whose</s><sn="5291">damsel</s> is <sn="2063">this</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="5288">servant</s> that was <sn="5324">set</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="7114">reapers</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1931">It</s> is the <sn="4125">Moabitish</s><sn="5291">damsel</s> that came <sn="7725">back</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="5281">Naomi</s> out of the <sn="4480 7704">country</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>And she <sn="559">said</s>, I <sn="4994">pray</s> you, let me <sn="3950">glean</s> and <sn="622">gather</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="7114">reapers</s> among the <sn="6016">sheaves</s>: so she <sn="935">came</s>, and hath <sn="5975">continued</s> even <sn="4480 227">from</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="6258">now</s>, <sn="2088">that</s> she <sn="3427">tarried</s> a <sn="4592">little</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7327">Ruth</s>, <sn="8085">Hearest</s> thou <sn="3808">not</s>, my <sn="1323">daughter</s>? <sn="1980">Go</s><sn="408">not</s> to <sn="3950">glean</s> in <sn="312">another</s><sn="7704">field</s>, <sn="1571 3808">neither</s><sn="5674">go</s> from <sn="4480 2088">hence</s>, <sn="3541">but</s><sn="1692">abide</s> here fast <sn="5973">by</s> my <sn="5291">maidens</s>: </v>
<vn='9'> Let thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> be on the <sn="7704">field</s><sn="834">that</s> they do <sn="7114">reap</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s> thou <sn="310">after</s> them: have I <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6680">charged</s><sn="*853"></s> the young <sn="5288">men</s> that they shall <sn="1115">not</s><sn="5060">touch</s> thee? and when thou art <sn="6770">athirst</s>, <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s>, and <sn="8354">drink</s> of that <sn="4480 834">which</s> the young <sn="5288">men</s> have <sn="7579">drawn</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then she <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">on</s> her <sn="6440">face</s>, and bowed <sn="7812">herself</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="4069">Why</s> have I <sn="4672">found</s><sn="2580">grace</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, that thou shouldest take <sn="5234">knowledge</s> of me, seeing <sn="595">I</s> am a <sn="5237">stranger</s>? </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s> unto her, It hath <sn="5046">fully</s> been <sn="5046">showed</s> me, <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s> unto <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="2545">mother</s> -in-law <sn="310">since</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of thine <sn="376">husband</s>: and how thou hast <sn="5800">left</s> thy <sn="1">father</s> and thy <sn="517">mother</s>, and the <sn="776">land</s> of thy <sn="4138">nativity</s>, and art <sn="1980">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> a <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="3045">knewest</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="8032 8543">heretofore</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7999">recompense</s> thy <sn="6467">work</s>, and a <sn="8003">full</s><sn="4909">reward</s> be <sn="1961">given</s> thee <sn="4480 5973">of</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="8478">under</s><sn="834">whose</s><sn="3671">wings</s> thou art <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="2620">trust</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Then she <sn="559">said</s>, Let me <sn="4672">find</s><sn="2580">favor</s> in thy <sn="5869">sight</s>, my <sn="113">lord</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> that thou hast <sn="5162">comforted</s> me, and for <sn="3588">that</s> thou hast <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5921 3820">friendly</s> unto thine <sn="8198">handmaid</s>, though <sn="595">I</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">not</s> like unto <sn="259">one</s> of thine <sn="8198">handmaidens</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="559">said</s> unto her, At <sn="6256 400">mealtime</s><sn="5066">come</s> thou <sn="1988">hither</s>, and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="3899">bread</s>, and <sn="2881">dip</s> thy <sn="6595">morsel</s> in the <sn="2558">vinegar</s>. And she <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="4480 6654">beside</s> the <sn="7114">reapers</s>: and he <sn="6642">reached</s> her <sn="7039">parched</s> corn, and she did <sn="398">eat</s>, and was <sn="7646">sufficed</s>, and <sn="3498">left</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And when she was risen <sn="6965">up</s> to <sn="3950">glean</s>, <sn="1162">Boaz</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> his young <sn="5288">men</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let her <sn="3950">glean</s><sn="1571">even</s><sn="996">among</s> the <sn="6016">sheaves</s>, and <sn="3637">reproach</s> her <sn="3808">not</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>And let <sn="7997">fall</s><sn="1571">also</s> some <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="6653">handfuls</s> of <sn="7997">purpose</s> for her, and <sn="5800">leave</s> them, that she may <sn="3950">glean</s> them, and <sn="1605">rebuke</s> her <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>So she <sn="3950">gleaned</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="6153">even</s>, and beat <sn="2251">out</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">that</s> she had <sn="3950">gleaned</s>: and it <sn="1961">was</s> about an <sn="374">ephah</s> of <sn="8184">barley</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And she took it <sn="5375">up</s>, and <sn="935">went</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>: and her <sn="2545">mother</s> -in-law <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> she had <sn="3950">gleaned</s>: and she brought <sn="3318">forth</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> to her <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">that</s> she had <sn="3498">reserved</s> after she was <sn="4480 7648">sufficed</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And her <sn="2545">mother</s> -in-law <sn="559">said</s> unto her, <sn="375">Where</s> hast thou <sn="3950">gleaned</s><sn="3117">today</s>? and <sn="375">where</s><sn="6213">wroughtest</s> thou? <sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="1961">be</s> he that did take <sn="5234">knowledge</s> of thee. And she <sn="5046">showed</s> her <sn="2545">mother</s> -in-law <sn="*853"></s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="834">whom</s> she had <sn="6213">wrought</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="376">man</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="6213">wrought</s><sn="3117">today</s> is <sn="1162">Boaz</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="5281">Naomi</s><sn="559">said</s> unto her <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be <sn="1931">he</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">who</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s> left <sn="5800">off</s> his <sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="854">to</s> the <sn="2416">living</s> and <sn="854">to</s> the <sn="4191">dead</s>. And <sn="5281">Naomi</s><sn="559">said</s> unto her, The <sn="376">man</s> is near of <sn="7138">kin</s> unto us, <sn="1931">one</s> of our next <sn="4480 1350">kinsmen</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="7327">Ruth</s> the <sn="4125">Moabitess</s><sn="559">said</s>, He <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me <sn="1571">also</s>, Thou shalt keep <sn="1692">fast</s><sn="5973">by</s><sn="834">my</s> young <sn="5288">men</s>, <sn="5704 518">until</s> they have <sn="3615">ended</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">my</s><sn="7105">harvest</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="5281">Naomi</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7327">Ruth</s> her <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law, It is <sn="2896">good</s>, my <sn="1323">daughter</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou go <sn="3318">out</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="5291">maidens</s>, that they <sn="6293">meet</s> thee <sn="3808">not</s> in any <sn="312">other</s><sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>So she kept <sn="1692">fast</s> by the <sn="5291">maidens</s> of <sn="1162">Boaz</s> to <sn="3950">glean</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="8184">barley</s><sn="7105">harvest</s> and of <sn="2406">wheat</s><sn="7105">harvest</s>; and <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="854">with</s> her <sn="2545">mother</s> -in-law. </v>