How we cite our quotes: (Chapter:Verse)
Quote #4
"[Ruth] came, and she has been on her feet from early this morning until now, without resting even for a moment." […] She gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. (NRSV 2:7, 17)
[Ruth] said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now[…] So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. (KJV 2:7, 17)
This is how devoted Ruth is to supporting Naomi. She is out in the barley fields glean all day long. From morning 'til night. That's loyalty in action, ladies and gentleman, and it takes a sturdy lady like Ruth to pull it off.
Quote #5
Boaz answered her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!" (NRSV 2:11-12)
Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (KJV 2:11-12)
Ruth's faithfulness adds to her charms for Boaz. Sure, Ruth might have caught his eye with her pretty face, but after he finds out what a kind heart she has, he's all in.
Quote #6
[Ruth] went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had instructed her. (NRSV 3:6)
[Ruth] went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. (KJV 3:6)
Again with the devotion. Naomi has hatched a pretty crazy plan. She's asked Ruth to risk her reputation and good-standing just to speed things along with Boaz. But, Ruth doesn't give it a second thought. She agrees to go along with the whole scheme right away out of sheer loyalty to Naomi. As for loyalty to herself and her reputation, well, she's willing to toss that out the window for the time being.