1	And Naomi had a kinsman# # # of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. [Boaz: Gr. Booz]
			2	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.
			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 belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. [hap...: Heb. hap happened]
			4	And, behold, Boaz came# from Bethlehem, and said# unto the reapers# , The LORD be with you. And they answered# him, The LORD bless# thee.
			5	Then said# Boaz unto his servant that was set# over the reapers# , Whose damsel is this?
			6	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:
			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.
			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:
			9	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# .
			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?
			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 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# .
			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# .
			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. [Let me...: or, I find] [friendly: Heb. to the heart]
			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# .
			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: [reproach...: Heb. shame her not]
			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.
			17	So she gleaned# in the field until even, and beat out# that she had gleaned# : and it was about an ephah of barley.
			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.
			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 is Boaz.
			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# . [one of...: or, one that hath right to redeem]
			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.
			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. [meet...: or, fall upon thee]
			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.