KJV King James Version
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ruth 3:3
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor, but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
ASV American Standard Version
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor, but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast bathed, and anointed thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and gone down to the threshing-floor; let not thyself be known to the man till he complete to eat and to drink;
Surrounding context — Ruth 3
1 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?
2 And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
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וְרָחַ֣צְתְּ׀H7364 · ra.chatsto wash: washוָסַ֗כְתְּH5480 · sukhto anointוְשַׂ֧מְתְּH7760 · sumto set: makeשִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְH8071 · sim.lahmantleעָלַ֖יִךְH5921 · aluponוְיָרַ֣דְתְּH3381 · ya.radto go downהַגֹּ֑רֶןH1637 · go.renthreshing floorאַל־H408 · alnotתִּוָּדְעִ֣יH3045 · ya.dato knowלָאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanעַ֥דH5704 · adtillכַּלֹּת֖וֹH3615 · ka.lahto end: finishלֶאֱכֹ֥לH398 · a.khalto eatוְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃H8354 · sha.tahto drink
Cross-references
2 Samuel 14:2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:1 Timothy 2:9-10In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;Esther 5:1Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.Matthew 6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;Psalm 104:15And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man’s heart.Ecclesiastes 9:8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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