Ruth 3:8-15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman! ⁹ So he asked, ‘Who are you? ’

‘I am Ruth, your servant,’ she replied. “Take me under your wing,^[a](A) for you are a family redeemer.’^(B)

¹⁰ Then he said, ‘May the Lord bless you,^(C) my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before,^[b] because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor. ¹¹ Now don’t be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you say,^[c] since all the people in my town^[d] know that you are a woman of noble character.^{(D) 12} Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am. ¹³ Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, that’s good.^(E) Let him redeem you. But if he doesn’t want to redeem you, as the Lord lives,^(F) I will. Now lie down until morning.’

¹⁴ So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark.^[e] Then Boaz said, ‘Don’t let it be known that a^[f] woman came to the threshing-floor.’ ¹⁵ And he told Ruth, ‘Bring the shawl you’re wearing and hold it out.’ When she held it out, he shovelled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she^[g] went into the town.