Ruth 3:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So she lay at his feet until morning but got up before one person could recognize another, for he said, “It must not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another; for he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.

American Standard Version (1901)

And 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.

Common English Bible

So she lay at his feet until morning. Then she got up before one person could recognize another, for he had said, “No one should know that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so she slept by his feet until the night was ending. And she arose before men could inquire of one another. And Boaz said, "Be careful, lest someone know that you came here."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So she slept at his feet till the night was going off. And she arose before men could know one another, and Booz said: Beware lest any man know that thou camest hither.

Ruth 3:14 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth.

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

Romans 14:16

So do not let your good be slandered.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,

2 Corinthians 8:21

for we are setting our minds on what is right not only before the Lord but also before the people.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

1 Peter 2:12

Conduct yourselves honorably among the gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.

Ruth 3:15

Then he said, “Bring the cloak you are wearing and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and put it on her back; then he went into the town.