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Ruth’s Redemption Assured

Ruth 3:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
KJV
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.
WEB
Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor; but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
ASV
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor, but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
LSV
and you have bathed, and anointed yourself, and put your garments on you, and gone down to the threshing-floor; do not let yourself be known to the man until he completes to eat and to drink;
YLT
and thou hast bathed, and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink;
DBY
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor; make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
DRC
Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put on thy best garments, and go down to the barnfloor: but let not the man see thee, till he shall have done eating and drinking.
GNV
Wash thy sellfe therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment vpon thee, and get thee downe to the floore: let not the man know of thee, vntill he haue left eating and drinking.
JPS
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor; but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
LXXE
But do thou wash, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go up to the threshing-floor: do not discover thyself to the man until he has done eating and drinking.

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  • Written (Ketiv): שִׂמְלֹתֵךְ (“garment your”). Read aloud (Qere): שִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְ (“garments your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
  • Written (Ketiv): וְיָרַדְתִּי (“and I will go down”). Read aloud (Qere): וְיָרַ֣דְתְּ (“and you will go down”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads שִׂמְלֹתִַ֛ךְ; read aloud (Qere) reads שִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְ (“garments your”).
  • Leningrad Codex reads וְיָרַ֣דְתְּי; read aloud (Qere) reads וְיָרַ֣דְתְּ (“and you will go down”).

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
וְרָחַ֣צְתְּ ׀ וָסַ֗כְתְּ וְשַׂ֧מְתְּ שמלתך עָלַ֖יִךְ וירדתי הַגֹּ֑רֶן אַל־תִּוָּדְעִ֣י לָאִ֔ישׁ עַ֥ד כַּלֹּת֖וֹ לֶאֱכֹ֥ל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃Read aloud as (qere): שִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְRead aloud as (qere): וְיָרַ֣דְתְּ
LXX-Br
Σὺ δὲ λούσῃ, καὶ ἀλείψῃ, καὶ περιθήσεις τὸν ἱματισμόν σου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ ἀναβήσῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἅλω· μὴ γνωρισθῇς τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἕως τοῦ συντελέσαι αὐτὸν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a…
  • 1 Timothy 2:9–10Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, as is proper for women…
  • Esther 5:1On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
  • Psalms 104:15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
  • Ecclesiastes 9:8Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
  • Matthew 6:17But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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