# Ruth 3.18 **Book:** [Ruth](/codex/ruth/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 16. And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17. And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. > > **18. 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.** (Ruth 3:16-18, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 16. When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?” She told her all that the man had done for her. 17. She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’” > > **18. Then she said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know what will happen; for the man will not rest until he has settled this today.”** (Ruth 3:16-18, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 16. And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17. And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. > > **18. 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.** (Ruth 3:16-18, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 16. And she cometh in unto her mother-in-law, and she saith, 'Who [art] thou, my daughter?' and she declareth to her all that the man hath done to her. 17. And she saith, 'These six [measures] of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.' > > **18. And she saith, 'Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.'** (Ruth 3:16-18, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Naomi, speaking to Ruth after the night at the threshing-floor (Ruth 3:16-17) - **Audience:** Ruth - **Location:** Naomi's home in Beth-lehem - **Time period:** the period of the judges (Ruth 1:1), during the harvest that began "in the beginning of barley harvest" (1:22) ## Theological reading "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." Having acted boldly (3:1-9), Ruth is now told to wait. Naomi's confidence rests on what she knows of Boaz's character. The confidence is justified at once: "Now Boaz went up to the gate" (4:1), and the matter is settled that same day before the elders. Boaz had promised, "I will do to thee all that thou sayest" (3:11), and "as Jehovah liveth" he would act as kinsman if the nearer one would not (3:13). The verse balances the initiative of chapter 3 with patience. Ruth did what was hers to do; the outcome now depends on the redeemer. The pattern of acting faithfully and then waiting on another's promise runs through the book's portrait of trust. ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [H3045 - yada](/codex/h3045-yada/), *yada*, Strong's H3045 - [H1697 - dabar](/codex/h1697-dabar/), *dabar*, Strong's H1697 ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.