Ruth 3:6

And she goes down [to] the threshing-floor, and does according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

In Context

5And she says to her, “All that you say—I do.”

7And Boaz eats and drinks, and his heart is glad; and he goes in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she comes in gently, and uncovers his feet, and lies down.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother,

John 15:14you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:2-6

Ruth's Visit to Boaz. ( b. c. 1312.) 1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down,… Read the whole commentary →

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