Ruth 3:14
Ruth chapter 3 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.
Context
v.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 Jehovah liveth: lie down until the morning.
v.14This passage
v.15And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 14:16
Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
- 1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
- 2 Corinthians 8:21
for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
- Ecclesiastes 7:1
Agoodname is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22
abstain from every form of evil.
- Romans 12:17
Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.