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Ruth 3:1

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One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

2 Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

3 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
KJV
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
WEB
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
ASV
And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
DARBY
And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
BLB
And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek for you a resting place, that it may be well with you?
ÅB
Og No'omi, hennes svigermor, sa til henne: Min datter! Jeg vil prøve å la deg få et hjem, så du kan ha det godt.
OTB
Naomi, Ruts svigermor, sa til henne: «Min datter, skulle jeg ikke søke et trygt sted for deg, så det kan gå deg godt?
B1930
Og No'omi, hennes svigermor, sa til henne: Min datter! Jeg vil prøve å la dig få et hjem, så du kan ha det godt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ruth 1:9

    May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud

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  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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  • Psalms 128:2

    For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:14

    So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:36

    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:40

    Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

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  • Jeremiah 22:15–16

    Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

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  • Genesis 40:14

    But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

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