Ruth 3:6

Ruth 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
• New International Version (NIV)So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had commanded her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law instructed her.

Context of Ruth 3:6

4When he gets ready to go to sleep, take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs, and lie down beside him. He will tell you what you should do.” 5Ruth replied to Naomi, “I will do everything you have told me to do.” So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do. 7When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him. 8In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!

Ruth 3:6 word by word

וַתֵּ֖רֶד הַגֹּ֑רֶן וַתַּ֕עַשׂ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוַּ֖תָּה חֲמוֹתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• unto the floorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• and didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• according to all that her mother in lawחֲמוֹתchămôth chămôth · mother-in-lawH2545
• badeצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Ruth 3:6

• Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
• Proverbs 1:8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
• John 2:5His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”
• John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Commentaries on Ruth 3:6

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 What in one age or nation would be improper, is not always so in another age or another nation. Being a judge of Israel, Boaz would tell Ruth what she should do; also whether he had the right of redemption, and what methods must be taken, and what rites used, in order to accomplishing her marriage with him or another person. The conduct of Boaz calls for the highest praise. He attempted not to take advantage of Ruth; he did not disdain her as…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-132. he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor--The winnowing process is performed by throwing up the grain, after being trodden down, against the wind with a shovel. The threshing-floor, which was commonly on the harvest-field, was carefully leveled with a large cylindric roller and consolidated with chalk, that weeds might not spring up, and that it might not chop with drought. The farmer usually remained all night in harvest-time on the…Read the comment

Topics related to Ruth 3:6

• Chastity
• Continence
• Inheritance
• Ruth
• Threshing

In the dictionaries

• Mother-in-Law
• Daughter
• Fall
• Levirate Law
• Skirt
• Boaz
• Naomi
• Threshing-Floor

Commentaries on Ruth 3

• 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