Ruth 3:13

Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Tarry	לִ֣ינִי Li.ni	H3885	to stop (usually over night) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
night	הַלַּ֗יְלָה ha.Lay.lah	H3915	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
morning	בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ va.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
kinsman	יִגְאָלֵ֥ךְ yig.'a.Lekh	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
well	טוֹב֙ tOv	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
kinsman’s part	יִגְאָ֔ל yig.'Al	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
will	יַחְפֹּ֧ץ yach.Potz	H2654	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
kinsman	לְגָֽאֳלֵ֛ךְ le.go.'o.Lekh	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
kinsman	וּגְאַלְתִּ֥יךְ u.ge.'al.Tikh	H1350	to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relati… · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
liveth	חַי chai-	H2416	alive · adjective, masculine singular absolute
down	שִׁכְבִ֖י shikh.Vi	H7901	to lie down (for rest · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
morning	הַבֹּֽקֶר ha.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ruth 4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to r…
Jeremiah 4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in hi…
Ruth 2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Na…
Deuteronomy 25:5-9 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husban…
Judges 8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Matthew 22:24-27 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Hebrews 6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
2 Corinthians 1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:6-13

Here is, I. Boaz's good management of his common affairs. It is probable, according to the common usage, 1. When his servants winnowed, he was with them, and had his eye upon them, to prevent, not their stealing any of his corn (he had no reason to fear that), but their waste of it through carelessness in the winnowing of it. Masters may sustain great losses by servants that are heedless, though they be honest, which is a reason why men should be diligent to know the state of their own flocks, and look well to them. 2. When he had more than ordinary work to be done, he treated his servants with extraordinary entertainments, and, for their encouragement, did eat and drink with them. It well b…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 3:9

I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman--She had already drawn part of the mantle over her; and she asked him now to do it, that the act might become his own. To spread a skirt over one is, in the East, a symbolical action denoting protection. To this day in many parts of the East, to say of anyone that he put his skirt over a woman, is synonymous with saying that he married her; and at all the marriages of the modern Jews and Hindus, one part of the ceremony is for the bridegroom to put a silken or cotton cloak around his bride.

Adam Clarke on Ruth 3:13

As the Lord liveth - Thus he bound himself by an oath to take her to wife if the other should refuse.

John Gill on Ruth 3:13

Tarry this day,.... Or lodge here tonight, where she was; this he said not from any design upon her, but for her own safety and honour, that she might not be exposed to danger or disgrace, by returning home at such an unseasonable time of night. The first letter in the word for "tarry" is larger than usual in the Hebrew text; which may be done to raise the attention of the reader, to observe it as a thing very singular, that a widow should lodge with a man without any diminution of her chastity; so Buxtorf (x) says, that hereby attention is noted, even the honesty of Boaz ordering Ruth to lodge without a man, and wait until a nearer kinsman, according to the law, should come, and promising t…

Dictionary and topics

Levirate Law — From Latin levir, “a husband’s brother,” the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, when an Israelite died without issue, his surviving brother was required to marry the widow, so as…
Chastity · .Boaz — .Boaz
Continence · .Boaz — .Boaz
Courtship · .Women proposed marriage — .Women proposed marriage
Oath · Boaz swears to Ruth — Boaz swears to Ruth
Oaths · Expressions used as: As the Lord liveth — Expressions used as: As the Lord liveth
Threshing · Floors for — Floors for
Widows · Laws respecting: When left childless, to be married by their husband’s nearest of kin — Laws respecting: When left childless, to be married by their husband’s nearest of kin

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ruth 3:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:6-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 3:9

Adam Clarke on Ruth 3:13

John Gill on Ruth 3:13

Dictionary and topics

Ruth 3:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 3:6-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 3:9

Adam Clarke on Ruth 3:13

John Gill on Ruth 3:13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 3:10-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 3:12-13

Rashi on Ruth 3:13