Ruth 3:16 — Meaning and Application

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

Also he said, Bring the vail that {thou hast} upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six {measures} of barley, and laid {it} on her: and she went into the city. {vail: or, sheet, or, apron}

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.

And she said, These six {measures} of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

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.