Ruth 3:6

So she went down to the ground where they had threshed the barley grain. There she did everything that her mother-in-law had told her to do.

Translation for Translators

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

5Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me to do.”

7When Boaz finished eating supper and drinking wine, he felt happy. Then he went over to the far end of the pile of grain. He lay down and went to sleep. Then Ruth approached him quietly. She took the blanket off his feet and lay down there.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh God, will give you.

Proverbs 1:8My son, pay attention to what I, your father, am teaching you. And do not reject what your mother teaches you.

John 15:14You show that you are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded 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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