Ruth 3:14
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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.So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
In other translations
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.So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
Hebrew words
וַתִּשְׁכַּבvatishkavand she lay downH7901מַרְגְּלוֹתָיוmargelatavfeet hisH4772עַד־'ad-untilH5704הַבֹּקֶרhabokerthe morningH1242וַתָּקָםvatakomand she aroseH6965בְּטֶרֶםbitrom<in> beforeH2962יַכִּירyakirhe recognizedH5234אִישׁ'ishanyoneH376אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רֵעֵהוּre'ehuneighbor hisH7453וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אַל־'al-may notH408יִוָּדַעyivada'it be knownH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588בָאָהva'ahshe cameH935הָאִשָּׁהha'ishahthe womanH802הַגֹּרֶן׃hagorenthe threshing floorH1637
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- 1 Peter 2:12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
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