1Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, so that it may go well with you?"2"Now is not Boaz, with whose young women you were, our relative? Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor."3"Wash, anoint yourself, and put on your cloak, then go down to the threshing floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking."4"When he lies down, notice the place where he lies; then go in, uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will tell you what to do."5Ruth said to her, "All that you say to me I will do."6So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.7Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was cheerful, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.8In the middle of the night the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.9He said, "Who are you?" She answered, "I am Ruth, your maidservant. Spread your wing over your maidservant, for you are a redeemer."10He said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have made this last kindness better than the first, because you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich."11"And now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say I will do for you, for all the gate of my people knows that you are a woman of valor."12"And now, truly, I am a redeemer; yet there is also a redeemer nearer than I."13"Stay the night, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him redeem. But if he does not wish to redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until morning."14So she lay at his feet until morning, but she arose before one person could recognize another. And he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."15Then he said, "Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it out." So she held it out, and he measured six measures of barley and placed them on her. Then he went into the city.16When she came to her mother-in-law, Naomi said, "How did it go, my daughter?" Then Ruth told her all that 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.'"18And Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest unless he settles the matter today."