18Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today."


In Context

15 He also said, "Bring me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out." When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and put it on her. Then he went back to town.

16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, "How did it go, my daughter?" Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her

17 and added, "He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, 'Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty- handed.' "

18 Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today."

Ruth 3:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Then 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:18And Noemi said: Wait my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18Then she said, Be still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest until he have completed the matter this day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou knowest how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he hath finished the thing this day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18Then she said, |Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:18And she saith, 'Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter to-day.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.