Ruth in the Bible

Meaning: drunk; satisfied

Exact Match

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningGood Wives ExamplesTen To Fourteen Years

Naomi told Ruth, "Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods. Follow your sister-in-law!"

Verse ConceptsMothers, Examples Of

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

Verse ConceptsBest friendIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfProselytesYou Are Our GodWalking In Love

When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

Verse ConceptsRuthIndividuals Being Silent

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Verse ConceptsBarleyGrainHarvestAutumnIndividuals going home

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

Verse ConceptsGleaning

So Ruth left and entered the field to gather grain behind the harvesters. She happened to be in the portion of land belonging to Boaz, who was from Elimelech’s family.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsGod's Mercy, Example OfRelatives

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

Verse ConceptsLiving Together

Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, "Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?"

Verse ConceptsBowingGrace, In Human RelationshipsProstrationGratitudeLoving Foreigners

So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. She beat out what she had gathered, and it was about 26 quarts of barley.

Verse ConceptsBarleyEveningWeights And Measures, DryIndustry, Examples OfAction Until EveningEphah [Ten Omers]

She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime.

Verse ConceptsRemaining Food

Then her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you gather barley today, and where did you work? May the Lord bless the man who noticed you.”

Ruth told her mother-in-law about the men she had worked with and said, “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz.”

Verse ConceptsWhere Are Things?May God Bless!Men Working

And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example OfLiving Together

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

Verse ConceptsGood Activity

Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered grain until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Verse ConceptsWheatLiving Together

Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, shouldn’t I find security for you, so that you will be taken care of?

Verse ConceptsSearchingFather And Daughter Relationships

So Ruth said to her, “I will do everything you say.”

Verse ConceptsObeying People

After Boaz had finished eating and drinking to his heart's content, he went over and lay down next to the pile of threshed grain. Ruth came in quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

Verse ConceptsAlcohol ConsumptionLying Down To RestEating And Drinking

And he told Ruth, “Bring the shawl you’re wearing and hold it out.” When she held it out, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl, and she went into the town.

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsOther Volume Measures

She went to her mother-in-law, Naomi, who asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?”

Then Ruth told her everything the man had done for her.

Verse ConceptsWhat Manner?

Then she related everything that the man had done for her. Ruth also said, "He gave me these six units of barley and told me, "Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsEmpty HandedOther Volume Measures

Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down.

Verse ConceptsGatesSitting In The Gateway

Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningPoverty, Attitudes Towards

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningOffspringPurchasingTownWidowsNamed Wives

Thematic Bible



He said: You are blessed of Jehovah, my daughter: for this kindness is greater than what you showed earlier. You have not pursued younger men, whether poor or rich. And now, my daughter, have no fear. I will do for you whatever you say, for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.


Naomi said to her: Ruth, your sister-in-law went back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her. Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!


Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.


Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

The messengers arrived at Gibeah where Saul lived. When they told the news, the people started crying in despair. Just then Saul came from the field from behind some oxen. Why are these people crying? Saul asked. They told him the news about the men of Jabesh. When he heard this news, God's Spirit came over him. He became very angry. read more.
Saul took a pair of oxen, cut them in pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the territory of Israel with the following message: This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel into battle. The people were afraid of Jehovah. They came out united behind Saul.


Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.


She gathered the heads of grain till evening. After crushing out the seed, it came to about an ephah of grain.


She gathered the heads of grain till evening. After crushing out the seed, it came to about an ephah of grain.


Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!


Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi: Now let me go into the fields and pick up the heads of grain after anyone in whose eyes I find favor. She said to her: Go, my daughter. So she went and picked up the heads of grain in the field after the cutters. By chance she went into that part of the field owned by Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.


Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!


Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi: Now let me go into the fields and pick up the heads of grain after anyone in whose eyes I find favor. She said to her: Go, my daughter.


Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!

Some time later Naomi heard that Jehovah blessed his people by giving them good crops. So she got ready to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law. They started out together to go back to Judah. On the way she said to them: Go back home and stay with your mothers. Jehovah should be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died. read more.
May Jehovah make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home. Then Naomi kissed them good-bye and they cried. They said to her: No! We will go with you to your people. You must go back, my daughters, Naomi replied. Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry? Return home, my daughters. I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought there was still hope, and got married and had sons, would you wait for them to grow up? Would this keep you from marrying someone else? No, my daughters, you know that is not possible. Jehovah has turned against me. I feel sorry for you. They started crying again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home. Ruth held on to her. Naomi said to her: Ruth, your sister-in-law went back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her. Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you! When she saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said no more.


So she kept near the servant girls of Boaz to gather the grain till the cutting of the early grain and the cutting of the late grain was ended. She continued living with her mother-in-law.

The servant said: It is a Moabite girl who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. She said to me: Let me come into the grain-field and pick up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute.


He said: Take your robe and stretch it out in your hands. She did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it. Then she went back to town.

Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the grain-cutters, Jehovah is with you. They answered: Jehovah gives you his blessing. Boaz asked his servant who was in authority over the cutters: Whose young woman is this? The servant said: It is a Moabite girl who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. read more.
She said to me: Let me come into the grain-field and pick up the grain after the cutters. So she came, and has been here from morning till now, without resting even for a minute. Then Boaz said to Ruth: Listen to me, my daughter; do not go to pick up the grain in another field. Do not leave here, but stay with my servant girls. Keep your eyes on the field the men are harvesting and follow with the girls. I told the men not to touch you. When you are thirsty, drink from the water jars the men keep filled. Then she bowed down on her face to the earth, and said to him: Why have I found favor in your eyes? For you give me attention and I am a foreigner. Boaz answered: I have heard about everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband. You went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you. May Jehovah reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from Jehovah the God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection! Ruth answered: You are very kind to me, sir. You make me feel better by speaking gently to me, even though I do not even have the standing of one of your servants. At mealtime Boaz said to her: Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers. He served her roasted grain. She ate and was satisfied and had some left over. She rose to glean. Boaz commanded his servants, saying: Let her glean among the sheaves, and do not bother her. Pull some heads of grain out of what has been corded up and drop them for her to take. Say no sharp word to her. She gathered the heads of grain till evening. After crushing out the seed, it came to about an ephah of grain.


Boaz took Ruth to be his wife. He slept with her and Jehovah enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.

Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed. And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.


So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab. Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, came with her. They came to Bethlehem in the first days of the barley harvest.

The two of them traveled to Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem the whole town was excited because of them. The women said: Is this Naomi?


Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there: You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon. In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon's widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man's family, and his family line will continue among his people in his hometown. Today you are witnesses to this. The leaders and the others said: Yes, we are witnesses. May Jehovah make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. read more.
May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring that Jehovah may give you by this young woman. Boaz took Ruth to be his wife. He slept with her and Jehovah enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.


Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.


And now, my daughter, have no fear. I will do for you whatever you say, for it is clear to all my townspeople that you are a woman of virtue.


Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her: My daughter, Should I try to find a secure home for you where you will be well treated? Boaz is of our kindred, with whose servant girls you have been. He winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor. Wash and perfume yourself and put on your best clothes. Go down to the floor. Make yourself known to the man after he is done eating and drinking. read more.
When he lies down, notice the place where he lies down. Go in, uncover his feet and lay down. He will tell you what you should do. Ruth said: All that you say to me I will do. She went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her. After Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of barley. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down. Something startled him about midnight. He saw the woman at his feet. He said: Who are you? She answered: I am your servant Ruth. Spread your garment over me, for you are my kinsman.


Ruth said: All that you say to me I will do.


So she went and picked up the heads of grain in the field after the cutters. By chance she went into that part of the field owned by Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.


They took two women of Moab as their wives. One was Orpah and the other Ruth. They made their home there for about ten years.



They took two women of Moab as their wives. One was Orpah and the other Ruth. They made their home there for about ten years.

They started crying again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home. Ruth held on to her. Naomi said to her: Ruth, your sister-in-law went back to her people and her gods. Go back home with her. Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. read more.
Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you! When she saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said no more. The two of them traveled to Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem the whole town was excited because of them. The women said: Is this Naomi? She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me? So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab. Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, came with her. They came to Bethlehem in the first days of the barley harvest.


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