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14 So she lay at his feet until morning and got up before anyone could recognize each other.[a] And he said, “It must not be known that you[b] came to the threshing floor.” 15 And he said, “Bring the cloak that is on you and hold it out.”[c] And she held it out and he measured six measures of barley and put it on her cloak. Then she went into the city. 16 And she came to her mother-in-law, and she said, “How did it go for you,[d] my daughter?” And she told her all that the man did for her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 3:14 Literally “a man could recognize his friend”
  2. Ruth 3:14 Literally “the woman”
  3. Ruth 3:15 Literally “hold on her”
  4. Ruth 3:16 Literally “who are you?”