Ruth 3:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ So she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another; and he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

Repay no one 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 spoken of as evil.

1 Corinthians 10:32

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

2 Corinthians 8:21

for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of men.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

1 Peter 2:12

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Ruth 3:15

And he said, “Bring the mantle you are wearing and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured out six measures of barley, and laid it upon her; then she went into the city.