Ruth 3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Ruth 3Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor

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10He said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter; this last instance of your loyalty is better than the first; you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.

11 for you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to act as next-of-kin for you, then, as the Lord lives, I will act as next-of-kin for you. Lie down until the morning.”

14So she lay at his feet until morning but got up before one person could recognize another, for he said, “It must not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

15Then he said, “Bring the cloak you are wearing and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her back; then he went into the town.

16She came to her mother-in-law, who said, “How did things go with you, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her,

17saying, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”

18Ps 37.3–5She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.”