29 You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have only done what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the Lord.”(A)

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He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you, and that I heard you utter a curse about—here, I have the silver with me. I took it. So now I return it to you.”[a]

Then his mother said, “My son, you are blessed by the Lord!”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:2 MT places this sentence at the end of v. 3.

10 Then he said, “May the Lord bless you,(A) my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before,[a] because you have not pursued younger men, whether rich or poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:10 Lit kindness at the last than at the first

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