Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And so she lay at his feet until the morning. And she arose up before one could know another. And he said, "Let no man be aware, that there came any woman unto the threshing floor."

New American Standard Bible

So she lay at his feet until morning and rose before one could recognize another; and he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

So she lay down at his feet until morning but got up while it was still dark. Then Boaz said, “Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

International Standard Version

So she lay down at his feet until dawn approached, then got up while it was still difficult for anyone to be recognized. Then he told her, "It shouldn't be known that a woman has come to the threshing floor."

A Conservative Version

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

So she lay at his feet until the morning, but got up before anyone could recognize another; Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor [last night].”

Bible in Basic English

And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And she will lie down from his feet till Morning: and she will rise before a man shall recognize his neighbor. And he will say, It shall not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.

King James 2000

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could recognize another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So she lay at his feet until morning and got up before {anyone could recognize each other}. And he said, "It must not be known that {you} came [to] the threshing floor."

Modern King James verseion

And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Do not let it be known that a woman came to the floor.

NET Bible

So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought, "No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor."

New Heart English Bible

She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."

The Emphasized Bible

So she lay at his feet, until the morning, and rose up before one could know his neighbour. And he said - Do not let it be known that a woman came into the threshing-floor.

Webster

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came to the floor.

World English Bible

She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one could discern another. For he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor."

Youngs Literal Translation

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.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And she lay
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

at his feet
מרגּלה 
Marg@lah 
Usage: 5

בּקר 
Boqer 
Usage: 214

and she rose up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

טרום 
T@rowm 
Usage: 1

one
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

נכר 
Nakar 
Usage: 49

And he said

Usage: 0

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Context Readings

Ruth Meets Boaz At The Threshing Floor

13 Tarry all night. And when morning is come, if he will marry thee: it is good, so let him do. But if he will not have thee, as sure as the LORD liveth I will have thee. Lie still until the morning." 14 And so she lay at his feet until the morning. And she arose up before one could know another. And he said, "Let no man be aware, that there came any woman unto the threshing floor." 15 And he said, "Bring thy mantle that thou hadst upon thee and hold it up." And she held it up. And he mette in six measures of barley and laid it on her. And she gat her into the city,



Cross References

Romans 14:16

Cause not your treasure to be evil spoken of.

2 Corinthians 8:21

and therefore make provision for honest things, not in the sight of God only, but also in the sight of men.

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is more worth than a precious ointment, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.

Romans 12:17

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide aforehand things honest in the sight of all men.

1 Corinthians 10:32

See that ye give none occasion of evil: neither to the Jews, nor yet to the gentiles, neither to the congregation of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all suspicious things.

1 Peter 2:12

and see that ye have honest conversation among the gentiles, that they which backbite you as evil doers, may see your good works and praise God in the day of visitation.

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