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Ruth 3:18 KJV
Ruth · chapter 3 · verse 18
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.Ruth 3:18 · King James Version
Ruth 3:18 in context
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.
17And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
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Key words (Strong's)
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- finishedkâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- matterdâbâra wordH1697 →
- stillyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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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