9 And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. aTake your maidservant under your wing, for you are ba close relative.”
10 Then he said, a“Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than bat the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.
11 And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you request, for all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman.
12 Now it is true that I am a aclose relative; however, bthere is a relative closer than I.
13 Stay this night, and in the morning it shall be that if he will aperform the duty of a close relative for you—good; let him do it. But if he does not want to perform the duty for you, then I will perform the duty for you, bas the Lord lives! Lie down until morning.”
14 So she lay at his feet until morning, and she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, a“Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
15 Also he said, “Bring the1 shawl that is on you and hold it.” And when she held it, he measured six ephahs of barley, and laid it on her. Then2 she went into the city.
16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said,1 “Is that you, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her.
17 And she said, “These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, ‘Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law.’ ”
18 Then she said, a“Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will turn out; for the man will not rest until he has concluded the matter this day.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Ruth 3:11.
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