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Ruth 3:1

Then Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her: My daughter, shal I not seke rest for thee, yt thou mayest prosper?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Inheritance;   Ruth;   Women;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ruth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Na'omi;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for July 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, shouldn’t I find rest for you, so that you will be taken care of?
Hebrew Names Version
Na`omi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
King James Version
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?
Lexham English Bible
Now Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek for you security that things may be good for you?
English Standard Version
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
New Century Version
Then Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, I must find a suitable home for you, one that will be good for you.
New English Translation
At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.
Amplified Bible
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to Ruth, "My daughter, shall I not look for security and a home for you, so that it may be well with you?
New American Standard Bible
Then her mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may go well for you?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Afterward Naomi her mother in lawe said vnto her, My daughter, shall not I seeke rest for thee, that thou mayest prosper?
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek a state of rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Contemporary English Version
One day, Naomi said to Ruth: It's time I found you a husband, who will give you a home and take care of you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Na‘omi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, I should be seeking security for you; so that things will go well with you.
Darby Translation
And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, maybe I should find a husband and a good home for you. That would be good for you.
George Lamsa Translation
THEN Naomi said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Good News Translation
Some time later Naomi said to Ruth, "I must find a husband for you, so that you will have a home of your own.
Literal Translation
And her mother-in-law Naomi said to her, My daughter, do I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Naemi hir mother in lawe sayde vnto her: My doughter, I wyll prouyde rest for the, that thou maiest prospere.
American Standard Version
And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Bible in Basic English
And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her: 'My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
King James Version (1611)
Then Naomi her mother in law said vnto her, My daughter, shal I not seeke rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
English Revised Version
And Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
Berean Standard Bible
One day Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek a place for you, that it may be well with you?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe aftir that Ruth turnede ayen to hir modir in lawe, Ruth herde of hir, My douytir, Y schal seke reste to thee, and Y schal purueye that it be wel to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And Naomi her mother-in-law saith to her, `My daughter, do not I seek for thee rest, that it may be well with thee?
Update Bible Version
And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
World English Bible
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
New King James Version
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you?
New Living Translation
One day Naomi said to Ruth, "My daughter, it's time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for.
New Life Bible
Then Ruth's mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "My daughter, should I not look for a home for you, so all will be well with you?
New Revised Standard
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be well with you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, - My daughter! shall I not seek for thee a place of rest, in which it may be well with thee?
Douay-Rheims Bible
After she was returned to her mother in law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee.
Revised Standard Version
Then Na'omi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek a home for you, that it may be well with you?
THE MESSAGE
One day her mother-in-law Naomi said to Ruth, "My dear daughter, isn't it about time I arranged a good home for you so you can have a happy life? And isn't Boaz our close relative, the one with whose young women you've been working? Maybe it's time to make our move. Tonight is the night of Boaz's barley harvest at the threshing floor.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you?

Contextual Overview

1 Then Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her: My daughter, shal I not seke rest for thee, yt thou mayest prosper? 2 And is not Booz our kinsman, with whose maydens thou wast? Beholde, he winnoweth barlie to night in the thresshing floore. 3 Wasshe thy selfe therfore, and annoynt thee, and put thy rayment vpon thee, & get thee downe to the floore: but let not the man knoweof thee, vntill he haue left eating and drincking. 4 And when he goeth to sleepe, marke the place where he layeth him downe, and then go and lyft vp the clothes that are on his feete, & lay thee downe there: and he shall tel thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she aunswered her: All that thou biddest me, I will do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall I not: Ruth 1:9, 1 Corinthians 7:36, 1 Timothy 5:8, 1 Timothy 5:14

may be: Genesis 40:14, Deuteronomy 4:40, Psalms 128:2, Jeremiah 22:15, Jeremiah 22:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:18 - good Deuteronomy 5:29 - that it might Ephesians 6:3 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman: Why hast thou done this? And the woman sayde: the serpent begyled me, and I dyd eate.
Genesis 3:15
I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
But wo is him that is alone: for yf he fal, he hath not another to helpe him vp.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore, great, and mightie sworde, shall visite Leuiathan the fugitiue serpent, euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Matthew 4:3
And when the tempter came to hym, he sayde: If thou be the sonne of God, commaunde that these stones be made breade.
Matthew 4:6
And saith vnto hym: If thou be the sonne of God, cast thy selfe downe. For it is written: He shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee, & with their handes they shall lyft thee vp, lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone.
Matthew 4:9
And sayth vnto hym: All these wyll I geue thee, yf thou wylt fall downe, and worshyp me.
Matthew 10:16
Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues.
2 Corinthians 11:14
And no maruayle, for Satan himselfe is transfourmed into an angel of lyght.
1 Peter 3:7
Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge, geuyng honour vnto the wyfe, as vnto the weaker vessell, and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe, that your prayers be not hyndered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her,.... After the harvests were over, and so gleaning likewise; when Naomi and Ruth were together alone in their apartment, the mother addressed the daughter after this manner:

my daughter, shall I not seek for thee, that it may be well with thee? that is, in the house of an husband, as in Ruth 1:9 her meaning is, to seek out for an husband for her, that she might have an house of her own to rest in, and an husband to provide her; that so she might be free from such toil and labour she had been lately exercised in, and enjoy much ease and comfort, and all outward happiness and prosperity in a marriage state with a good husband. This interrogation carries in it the force of a strong affirmation, may suggest that she judged it to be her duty, and that she was determined to seek out such a rest for her; and the Targum makes her way of speaking stronger still, for that is,

"by an oath I will not rest, until the time that I have sought a rest for thee.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER III

Naomi's advice to Ruth, how to procure herself a marriage with

Boaz, 1-5.

She acts according to her mother-in-law's direction, and is

kindly received by Boaz, who promises to marry her, should

her nearer kinsman refuse, 6-13.

He gives her six measures of barley, and sends her away

privately to her mother-in-law, who augurs favourably of

the issue of the plan she had laid, 14-18.

NOTES ON CHAP. III

Verse Ruth 3:1. Shall I not seek rest for thee — That is, Shall I not endeavour to procure thee a proper husband? See Ruth 1:9, and the observations at the end of that chapter.


 
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