Ruth 3:1

And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

2And now is not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels you were? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.

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Cross References

Genesis 40:14But remember me of yourself, when it shall be well with you, and you shall deal mercifully with me, and you shall make mention of me to Pharao, and you shall bring me forth out of this dungeon.

Ruth 1:9The Lord grant you that you⌃ may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

Jeremiah 22:15Shall you reign, because you are provoked with your father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute judgment and justice.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:1

We found it very easy, in the former chapter, to applaud the decency of Ruth's behaviour, and to show what good use we may make of the account given us of it; but in this chapter we shall have much ado to vindicate it from the imputation of indecency, and to save it from having an ill use made of it; but the goodness of those times was such as saved what is recorded here from being ill done, and yet the badness of these times is such as that it will not justify any now in doing the like. Here is, I. The directions… Read the whole commentary →

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