The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[mar09]

 

[Grace777x70]

Ruth 3:3 (NASB)
[SUP]3 [/SUP] "Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

 

[seed_time_harvest]

Ruth 3:4
King James Version(KJV)

4.)And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ruth 3:5 (KJV)
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

 

[mar09]

Rth 3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

 

[seed_time_harvest]

Ruth 3:7
King James Version(KJV)

7.)And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

 

[Desertsrose]

Ruth 3:8

 

[willfollowsGod]

Ruth 3:9
New International Version (NIV)

“Who are you?” he asked.


“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family.”

b. The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 12 and 13.

 

[Grace777x70]

Ruth 3:10 (NASB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] Then he said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ruth 3:11 (KJV)
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.

 

[willfollowsGod]

Ruth 3:12
New International Version (NIV)

Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I.

 

[Grace777x70]

Ruth 3:13 (NASB)
[SUP]13 [/SUP] "Remain this night, and when morning comes, if he will redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until morning."

 

[seed_time_harvest]

Ruth 3:14
King James Version(KJV)

14.)And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

 

[Grace777x70]

Ruth 3:15 (NASB)
[SUP]15 [/SUP] Again he said, "Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it." So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her. Then she went into the city.

 

[mar09]

 

[Grace777x70]

Ruth 3:17 (NASB)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] She said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

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.

 

[willfollowsGod]

Ruth 4:1
New International Version (NIV)

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

 

[Grace777x70]

Ruth 4:2 (NASB)
[SUP]2 [/SUP] He took ten men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit down here." So they sat down.

 

[seed_time_harvest]

Ruth 4:3
King James Version(KJV)

3.)And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: