Ruth 3:8

Ruth’s Redemption Assured · Ruth 3:1–18

Modern

At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

Traditional

And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

Literal

And it came to pass in the middle of the night that the man trembled and turned himself, and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

Latin

Et ecce, nocte jam media expavit homo, et conturbatus est: viditque mulierem jacentem ad pedes suos,

Hebrew

English

At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

was startled (literally He was terrified): Boaz realized a woman was at his feet, but he did not know her identity or reason for being there.

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