The Book of Ruth

Johan O. Smith

99 chapters

Chapter 1
She Arose
Jesus Is the Bread of Life
Naomi as a Winner of Souls
She Starts on the Way
They Went on the Way to the Land of Judah
Trials on the Way
A Place of Rest in Moab
Grace in Temptation
Love Binds
Temptation Increased
Orpah Succumbs
Ruth Was Tempted Again
Ruth Was Victorious
They Came to Bethlehem
The Entire City Was Excited Because of Them
Call Me Mara
I Went Out With Full Hands
The Lord Has Let Me Return With Empty Hands
They Came to Bethlehem at the Beginning of the Barley Harvest
A Kinsman, a Mighty Man
Let Me Glean After Him in Whose Eyes I Might Find Grace
She Gleaned in the Field After the Reapers
Boaz Came From Bethlehem
Whose Young Woman is This?
It is the Young Moabite Woman
Let Me Glean and Gather after the Reapers
She Has Continued From Morning Until Now
Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Hear My Daughter!”
Do Not Go to Glean in Another Field
Stay Close to My Young Women
See the Field Which They Reap, and Go After Them
I Have Commanded the Servants Not to Touch You
Drink of What the Servants Have Drawn
Then She Fell on Her Face and Bowed Down to the Ground
Why Have I Found Favor in Your Eyes, Since I Am a Foreigner?
It Has Been Fully Reported to Me, All That You Have Done
The Lord Repay Your Work and Reward You Fully
You Have Comforted Me, and Have Spoken Kindly to Your Maidservant
Come Here, and Eat of the Bread, and Dip Your Piece of Bread in the Vinegar
He Passed Parched Grain to Her
She Ate and Was Satisfied and Had Some Left Over
Then She Rose Up to Glean
Let Her Glean Even Among the Sheaves
You Shall Also Pull Out some Ears From the Sheaves for Her
She Gleaned in the Field Until Evening
She Beat Out What She Had Gleaned
Her Mother-In-Law Saw What She Had Gleaned
She Brought Out and Gave to Her What She Had Left Over
Where Have You Gleaned Today? And Where Did You Work?
Blessed Be the One Who Took Notice of You
The Man’s Name With Whom I Worked Today Is Boaz
The Man Is a Close Relative of Ours; He is One of Our Redeemers
Stay Close By My People Until They Have Finished All My Harvest
It is Good, My Daughter, That You Go Out With His Young Women, So That People Will Not Mistreat You in Another Field
So She Stayed Close by the Young Women of Boaz to Glean
My Daughter, Shall I Not Seek a Place of Rest for You?
He Is Winnowing Barley Tonight at the Threshing Floor
Therefore Wash Yourself and Anoint Yourself, and Put on Your Garment
You Shall Go In, Uncover His Feet, and Lie Down; and He Will Tell You What You Should Do
All that You Say to Me I Will Do
So She Went Down to the Threshing Floor and Did According to All
He Went to Lie Down at the End of the Heap of Grain
At Midnight a Woman Was Lying at His Feet
He Said: Who Are You?
I Am Ruth, and You Will Spread Your Cover Over Your Maidservant,
Blessed Are You of the Lord, My Daughter!
You Have Shown More Love at the End Than at the Beginning,
And Now, My Daughter, Do Not Fear. I Will Do for You All That You Request
All the People of My Town Know That You Are a Virtuous Woman
Yes, It Is True That I Am a Redeemer; However, There Is a
Lie Down Until Morning!
She Arose Before One Could Recognize Another
He Measured Six Ephahs of Barley, and Laid It on Her
When She Came to Her Mother-in-law, She Said,
These Six Ephahs of Barley He Gave Me; for He Said, “Do Not Go
Sit Still, My Daughter, for the Man Will Not Rest until He Has
Boaz Went Up to the Gate and Sat Down There
And He Took Ten Men of the Elders of the City, and Said:
Then He Said to the Redeemer, “Naomi Has Sold the Piece of Land
I Will Inform You in Your Hearing and Say: Buy Back the Piece of Land
And He Said, “I Will Redeem It.”
Then Boaz Said, “On the Day You Buy the Field From the Hand of Naomi,
The Redeemer Fails the Test
Confirmations in Israel
Therefore the Redeemer Said to Boaz, “Buy It for Yourself.”
Boaz Goes to Action
Boaz Also Bought the Moabitess, Ruth
And All the People Who Were in the Gate, and the Elders, Said,
May the Lord Make the Woman Who Is Coming to Your House Like
May You Prosper in Ephrathah and Have a Famous Son in Bethlehem
May Your House Be Like the House of Perez, Whom Tamar Bore to Judah,
So Boaz Took Ruth and She Became His Wife
And She Bore a Son
Blessed Be the Lord, Who Has Not Left You This Day Without a Redeemer,
He Will Refresh Your Soul, and Provide for You in Your Old Age
Naomi Took the Child and Laid Him on Her Lap, and She Became His Nurse
And the Neighbor Women Gave Him a Name, Saying, a Son Was Born
The End