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Ruth 3:14

Integrity

12 Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.

13 Stay 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.”

15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

16 When 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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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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And she lay at his feet until the morning, and she arose before a man could recognize his companion. And he said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
ÅB
Så ble hun liggende ved hans føtter til om morgenen; da sto hun opp, før folk enda kunne kjenne hverandre. For han sa: Det må ikke bli kjent at kvinnen er kommet hit til treskeplassen.
OTB
Så lå hun ved føttene hans til morgenen, men sto opp før noen kunne gjenkjennes; og han sa: «La det ikke bli kjent at en kvinne kom til treskeplassen.»
B1930
Så blev hun liggende ved hans føtter til om morgenen; da stod hun op, før folk ennu kunde kjenne hverandre. For han sa: Det må ikke bli kjent at kvinnen er kommet hit til treskeplassen.

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