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Ruth 3:14 KJV
Ruth · chapter 3 · verse 14
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.Ruth 3:14 · King James Version
Ruth 3:14 in context
12And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
13Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
14And 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.
15Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
16And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- beforeṭᵉrôwmnot yetH2958 →
- knownyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- feetmargᵉlâha footpieceH4772 →
- knownâkarproperly, to scrutinizeH5234 →
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We are here told, I. How Ruth was dismissed by Boaz. It would not have been safe for her to go home in the dead of the night; therefore she lay at his feet (not by his side) until morning.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-18