The Book of Ruth.. Verse by Verse

[doc329]

Ruth 3:8 (KJV) And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 3:9 (KJV) And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 3:10 (KJV) And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

 

[Keemah]

Ruth 3:11 - And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 3:12 (KJV) And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 3:13 (KJV) Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Rotherham) Ruth 3:14 So she lay at his feet, until the morning, and rose up before one could know his neighbour. And he said--Do not let it be known that a woman came into the threshing-floor.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 3:15 (KJV) Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Rotherham) Ruth 3:16 And, when she came unto her mother-in- law, she said--Who art, thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done for her.

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[barb754]

Ruth 3:17 (KJV) And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 3:18 (KJV) Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

 

[imluvd]

Ruth 4:1 (NIV) MEANWHILE, Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there. When the kinsman-redeemer he had mentioned came along, Boaz said, "Come over here, my friend, and sit down." So he went over and sat down.

 

[imluvd]

Ruth 4:2 (NIV) Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, "Sit here, " and they did so.

 

[imluvd]

Ruth 4:3 (NIV) Then he said to the kinsman-redeemer, "Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 4:4 (KJV) And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 4:5 (KJV) Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 4:6 (KJV) And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 4:7 (KJV) Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 4:8 (KJV) Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 4:9 (KJV) And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.