Ruth’s Redemption Assured
Ruth 3:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- 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.”
- 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.
- WEB
- She lay at his feet until the morning, then she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
- ASV
- And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.
- LSV
- And she lies down at his feet until the morning, and rises before one discerns another; and he says, “Let it not be known that the woman has come into the floor.”
- YLT
- And she lieth down at his feet till the morning, and riseth before one doth discern another; and he saith, 'Let it not be known that the woman hath come into the floor.'
- DBY
- 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 threshing-floor.
- DRC
- So she slept at his feet till the night was going off. And she arose before men could know one another, and Booz said: Beware lest any man know that thou camest hither.
- GNV
- And she lay at his feete vntill the morning: and she arose before one could know another: for he sayd, Let no man knowe, that a woman came into the floore.
- JPS
- And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said: 'Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.'
- LXXE
- And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbour; and Booz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
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- Written (Ketiv): מַרְגְּלֹתוֹ (“foot his”). Read aloud (Qere): מַרְגְּלוֹתָיו֙ (“feet his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): בִּטְרוֹם (“in before”). Read aloud (Qere): בְּטֶ֛רֶם (“in before”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads מַרְגְּלוֹתָו֙; read aloud (Qere) reads מַרְגְּלוֹתָיו֙ (“feet his”).
- Leningrad Codex reads בְּטֶ֛רֶום; read aloud (Qere) reads בְּטֶ֛רֶם (“in before”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַתִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מרגלתו עַד־הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַתָּ֕קָם בטרום יַכִּ֥יר אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אַל־יִוָּדַ֔ע כִּי־בָ֥אָה הָאִשָּׁ֖ה הַגֹּֽרֶן׃Read aloud as (qere): מַרְגְּלוֹתָיוֹ֙Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.Marks an anomalous form.We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.Read aloud as (qere): בְּטֶ֛רֶם
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη πρὸς ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἕως πρωΐ· ἡ δὲ ἀνέστη πρὸ τοῦ ἐπιγνῶναι ἄνδρα τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπε Βοὸζ, μὴ γνωσθήτω, ὅτι ἦλθε γυνὴ εἰς τὸν ἅλω.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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.
- Romans 14:16Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.
- Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
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