Ruth 3 (NET)

Ruth 3:1¹At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ruth 1:91 Tim 5:81 Tim 5:14Ps 128:21 Cor 7:36Deut 4:40Jer 22:15-16Gen 40:14

Ruth 3:2²Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:5-10Ruth 2:20-23Ruth 2:1Ruth 2:8Heb 2:11-14

Ruth 3:3³So bathe yourself, rub on some perfumed oil, and get dressed up. Then go down to the threshing floor. But don’t let the man know you’re there until he finishes his meal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:21 Tim 2:9-10Esth 5:1Eccl 9:8Matt 6:17Ps 104:15

Ruth 3:4⁴When he gets ready to go to sleep, take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs, and lie down beside him. He will tell you what you should do.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ruth 3:5⁵Ruth replied to Naomi, “I will do everything you have told me to do.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:20Eph 6:1

Ruth 3:6⁶So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 2:5Prov 1:8Exod 20:12John 15:14

Ruth 3:7⁷When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 19:6Esth 1:102 Sam 13:28Judg 19:9Eccl 10:19Eccl 2:24Eccl 8:15Eccl 9:7Ps 104:151 Cor 10:31

Ruth 3:8⁸In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ruth 3:9⁹He said, “Who are you?” She replied, “I am Ruth, your servant. Marry your servant, for you are a guardian of the family interests.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 16:8Ruth 2:20Ruth 3:12Ruth 2:10-13Luke 14:111 Sam 25:41

Ruth 3:10¹⁰He said, “May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 13:4-5Ruth 2:20Ruth 1:8Ruth 2:4

Ruth 3:11¹¹Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 31:29-31Prov 31:10Prov 12:4

Ruth 3:12¹²Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ruth 4:11 Thess 4:6Matt 7:12

Ruth 3:13¹³Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:2Ruth 4:5Ruth 2:20Deut 25:5-9Heb 6:16Judg 8:19Matt 22:24-272 Cor 1:23

Ruth 3:14¹⁴So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought, “No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:21Rom 14:161 Cor 10:321 Pet 2:12Rom 12:171 Thess 5:22Eccl 7:1

Ruth 3:15¹⁵Then he said, “Hold out the shawl you are wearing and grip it tightly.” As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he went into town,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 32:8Gal 6:10

Ruth 3:16¹⁶and she returned to her mother-in-law. When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did things turn out for you, my daughter?” Ruth told her about all the man had done for her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ruth 3:17¹⁷She said, “He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ruth 3:18¹⁸Then Naomi said, “Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:3-5Isa 28:16Isa 30:7