Ruth 3:1
in Ruth 3One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
KJV
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?
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This verse in Ruth 3
Commentary
2 notes on this verseShall I not seek rest for thee - That is, Shall I not endeavor to procure thee a proper husband? See Rth 1:9, and the observations at the end of that chapter.
This site's exposition
seek rest for thee
on Ruth 3:1-2
Naomi goes after the same thing she prayed over both women on the road at 1:9, rest, each of you in the house of her husband, and this time she works for it instead of asking for it. Boaz is described by his relation before he is named, of our kindred, which is the fact the whole chapter turns on. Winnowing was done in the evening because the wind off the hills carried the chaff away then, so the hour named in verse 2 belongs to the harvest rather than to secrecy.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
"A home (מנוח)": For a woman does not have rest until she is married.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּ֥אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לָ֖הּ | lah | to <the> her | ||
| נָעֳמִ֣י | noomi | Naomi | H5281 → | 21 times |
| חֲמוֹתָ֑הּ | chamotah | mother-in-law her | H2545 → | 11 times |
| בִּתִּ֞י | biti | O daughter my | H1323 → | 588 times |
| הֲלֹ֧א | halo' | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֲבַקֶּשׁ־ | ʾavakesh- | will I seek | H1245 → | |
| לָ֛ךְ | lakh | for <the> you | ||
| מָנ֖וֹחַ | manoach | a resting place | H4494 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִֽיטַב־ | yitav- | it will go well | H3190 → | 117 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | for <the> you |
וַתֹּ֥אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
לָ֖הּto <the> her
lah
נָעֳמִ֣יNaomi
noomiH5281 →21 times
חֲמוֹתָ֑הּmother-in-law her
chamotahH2545 →11 times
בִּתִּ֞יO daughter my
bitiH1323 →588 times
הֲלֹ֧א¿ not
halo'H3808 →5168 times
אֲבַקֶּשׁ־will I seek
ʾavakesh-H1245 →
לָ֛ךְfor <the> you
lakh
מָנ֖וֹחַa resting place
manoachH4494 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִֽיטַב־it will go well
yitav-H3190 →117 times
לָֽךְ׃for <the> you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
it leads to
- Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Isaiah 62:8
The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which…
- Isaiah 65:21–23
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18–19
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life…
- Deuteronomy 28:4
The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
- Isaiah 3:10
Through
1 Timothy 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
it leads to
- Galatians 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save…
- Luke 11:11–13
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
- Galatians 6:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Ruth
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.