Ruth 3:16
14 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.
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.
17 And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
- WEB
- When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all that the man had done for her.
- ASV
- And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
- DARBY
- And she came to her mother-in-law; and she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
- BLB
- And she came to her mother-in-law, and she said, “Who [are] you, my daughter?” And she told her all that the man had done for her.
- ÅB
- Da hun kom til sin svigermor, spurte hun: Hvordan er det gått deg, min datter? Og hun fortalte henne alt det mannen hadde gjort mot henne,
- OTB
- Da Rut kom tilbake til sin svigermor, spurte Naomi: «Hvordan gikk det, min datter?» Rut fortalte henne alt Boas hadde gjort for henne.
- B1930
- Da hun kom til sin svigermor, spurte hun: Hvorledes er det gått dig, min datter? Og hun fortalte henne alt det mannen hadde gjort mot henne,