And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.
WEB
So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
YLT
And she goeth down to the threshing-floor, and doth according to all that her mother-in-law commanded her
DBT
And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law had bidden her.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentRuth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel
- Date
- Events in the days of the judges (1:1); compilation likely in the Davidic period (given the closing genealogy)