Ruth verse by verse

[doc329]

Ruth 1:21
I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted [a] me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me."

 

[worldwatcher]

Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 2:1 (KJV) And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 2:2 (KJV) 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.

 

[*~DJ~*]

Ruth 2:3
So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 2:4 (KJV) And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

 

[*~DJ~*]

Ruth 2:5
Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, "Whose young woman is that?"

 

[meh]

Ruth 2:6

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:

 

[doc329]

Ruth 2:7 (KJV) 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.

 

[Glenda]

Rth 2:8 And Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean another field, and also do not pass through this. And you shall stay close to my young women.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 2:9 (KJV) 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.

 

[kayd1966]

[bible]ruth 2:10[/bible]

 

[Morghaine]

Ruth 2:11 (NKJV) And Boaz answered and said to her, "It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before.

 

[Glenda]

Ruth 2:12 Jehovah shall repay your work, and your reward shall be complete from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.

 

[kayd1966]

[bible]ruth 2:13[/bible]

 

[Glenda]

Rth 2:14 And Boaz said to her, At mealtime come here, and you shall eat of the bread and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat at the side of the reapers, and he reached out roasted grain to her. And she ate and was satisfied, and had some left over.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 2:15 (KJV) 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:

 

[Glenda]

Rth 2:16 And pulling you shall also pull out for her of the bundles, and shall leave; and she shall glean, and you shall not restrain her.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 2:17 (KJV) So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

 

[Glenda]

Rth 2:18 And she took it up and went to the city. And her mother-in-law saw that which she had gleaned. And she brought out and gave to her that which she had reserved after she was satisfied.