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Ruth 3:18

in Ruth 3

“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

KJV

Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

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This verse in Ruth 3

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

He gave me these six measures of barley

on Ruth 3:17-18

Boaz sends the barley with a word for Naomi, "Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed", and the Hebrew behind empty is the word Naomi used of herself at 1:21. Her summary of her life is answered by grain before it is answered by a child. Her last line, "Wait, my daughter", hands the matter to a man who "will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today".

This site's exposition

Wait, my daughter

Naomi's word is literally sit, the same verb used of the kinsman and the elders who sit at the gate in 4:1 and 4:2. Ruth has done all she can, and the rest belongs to Boaz. Naomi trusts him to settle it today.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

)-- how it is decreed in heaven, so the Chaldee reads it, for marriages are made there. She had done all that was fit for her to do, and now she must patiently wait the issue and not be perplexed about it.

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Naomi's care for her daughter's comfort is without doubt very commendable, and is recorded for imitation. She had no thoughts of marrying herself, ch. i. But, though she that was old had resolved upon a perpetual widowhood, yet she was far from the thoughts of confining her daughter-in-law to it, that was young.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Until thou know how the matter will fall - That is, whether he who is nearer of kin than Boaz will take thee to wife; do not return again till this thing is determined. Boaz lost no time to bring this to an issue, as we shall see in the following chapter, Ruth 4 (note).

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙and she said

    vatomerH559 →5305 times

  • שְׁבִ֣יsit down

    sheviH3427 →1079 times

  • בִתִּ֔יO daughter my

    vitiH1323 →588 times

  • עַ֚דuntil

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • תֵּֽדְעִ֔יןyou will know !

    tedeinH3045 →945 times

  • אֵ֖יךְhow?

    ʾeikhH349 →

  • יִפֹּ֣לwill it fall out

    yipolH5307 →

  • דָּבָ֑רa matter

    davarH1697 →1440 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • לֹ֤אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יִשְׁקֹט֙he will be at peace

    yishkotH8252 →

  • הָאִ֔ישׁthe man

    haishH376 →1663 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • אִם־except

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • כִּלָּ֥הhe has finished

    kilahH3615 →208 times

  • הַדָּבָ֖רthe matter

    hadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • הַיּֽוֹם׃this day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Isaiah 28:16

    So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 118:22

      The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

    • Acts 4:11–12

      This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

    • 1 Peter 2:6–8

      For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

    • Luke 20:17–18

      But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

    • Romans 9:33

      as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

  • Through

    Isaiah 30:7

    Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 2:22

      Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

    • Hosea 5:13

      When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

    • Isaiah 31:1–5

      Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…

Where this verse is studied

About Ruth

Summer, or Ruth and Boaz, Nicolas Poussin, 1660 to 1664. Public domain.
Summer, or Ruth and Boaz, Nicolas Poussin, 1660 to 1664. Public domain.
Ruth: the study guide →Read Ruth 3 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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