1Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not look for a home for you, so that it may go well with you?"
2And now, is not Boaz one of our family, the man whose young women you were with? Look, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
3So wash yourself, and put on perfumed oil, and dress in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor. But do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
4"When he lies down, take note of the place where he lies. Then go in, uncover his feet, and lie down. He will tell you what to do."
5And she said to her, "Everything you say to me I will do."
6So she went down to the threshing floor, and did everything her mother-in-law told her.
7When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was glad, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
8At midnight the man was startled, and he turned over. And look, a woman was lying at his feet.
9He said, "Who are you?" She answered, "I am Ruth, your servant. So spread the edge of your garment over your servant, for you are a near relative."
10And he said, "May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, because you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich."
11And now, my daughter, do not be afraid. I will do for you all that you ask, for the whole town of my people knows that you are a woman of worth.
12It is true that I am your near relative. But there is a relative nearer than I am.
13"Stay tonight. Then in the morning, if he will act as your relative should, good; let him do it. But if he will not act as your relative, then I will do it, as the LORD lives. Lie down until the morning."
14So she lay at his feet until the morning, and she got up before anyone could recognize another. And he said, "Let it not be known that a woman came to the threshing floor."
15He also said, "Bring the shawl you are wearing, and hold it out." When she held it, he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her. Then she went into the city.
16When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "Who are you, my daughter?" And Ruth told her everything the man had done for her.
17She said, "He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, 'Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"
18Then Naomi said, "Wait quietly, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has settled the matter today."