8In the middle of the night something startled the man, and he turned and discovered a woman lying at his feet.


In Context

5 "I will do whatever you say," Ruth answered.

6 So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down.

8 In the middle of the night something startled the man, and he turned and discovered a woman lying at his feet.

9 "Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth," she said. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer."

10 "The Lord bless you, my daughter," he replied. "This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

Ruth 3:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And behold, when it was now midnight the man was afraid, and troubled: and he saw a woman lying at his feet,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8It happened at midnight, that the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And it cometh to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembleth, and turneth himself, and lo, a woman is lying at his feet.