How we cite our quotes: (Chapter:Verse)
Quote #4
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be well with you." (NRSV 3:1)
Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? (KJV 3:1)
Again with the husband talk. Ruth needs to snag a man or she'll be in trouble. You also have to wonder if Naomi is thinking of herself a little here. If she can get one of her husband's kinsmen to marry Ruth all her troubles will be over, too. Then again, couldn't she go find herself a husband and save them all the trouble? Or is she too old to be the marrying kind?
Quote #5
"Now wash and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, observe the place where he lies; then, go and uncover his feet and lie down; and he will tell you what to do." (NRSV 3:3-4)
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. (KJV 3:3-4)
Some things never change. Naomi tells Ruth to gussy herself up before going out to get a man. She also instructs her on how exactly to go about getting him (play it sexy and uncover his feet). Naomi seems to have forgotten that Ruth was a married woman though. It's not likely she'll need Boaz to tell her what to do with the "feet" once they're uncovered. She's been down that road before.
Quote #6
[Ruth] lay at his feet until morning, but got up before one person could recognize another; for he said, "It must not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor." (NRSV 3:14)
[Ruth] lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. (KJV 3:14)
Boaz is worried for Ruth's reputation here. Respectable women didn't sleep with men they weren't married to (even if they were just curled up together next to some barley). Ruth needs to sneak out before anyone can spot her there. To be fair, the dude could also be worried about his own reputation here. It's not like he wants to be the town cad.