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Ruth 3:14
14So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her.
Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
Ruth 3:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And she 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.
- New International Version (NIV)So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another. And he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."
- New King James Version (NKJV)So she lay at his feet until morning, and she arose before one could recognize another. Then he said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
Context of Ruth 3:14
12Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I. 13Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.” So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.” 15And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city. 16When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
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וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מַרְגְּלוֹתָיו֙ עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַתָּ֕קָם בְּטֶ֛רֶם יַכִּ֥יר אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַל־יִוָּדַ֔ע כִּי־בָ֥אָה הָאִשָּׁ֖ה הַגֹּֽרֶן׃Read the interlinear
- So she lay downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
- at his feetמַרְגְּלוֹתmargelâh · feetH4772
- untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
- but she got upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- beforeטְרוֹםţerôm · beforeH2958
- anyoneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- elseרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
- could recognize herנָכַרnâkar · to recognizeH5234
- Then Boaz saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Do notאַל'al · notH408
- let it be knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- thatכִּיkîy · forH3588
- a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to the threshing floorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
Cross-references for Ruth 3:14
- Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
- Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Romans 14:16Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
- 2 Corinthians 8:21For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
- 1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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