路得记 3:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

波阿斯吃喝完了，心裡舒暢，就去躺在麥堆的旁邊。路得悄悄地來，掀露他的腳，躺臥下去。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
波 阿 斯 吃 喝 完 了 ， 心 里 欢 畅 ， 就 去 睡 在 麦 堆 旁 边 。 路 得 便 悄 悄 地 来 掀 开 他 脚 上 的 被 ， 躺 卧 在 那 里 。

Contextual Overview

⁶ So Ruth went down to the threshing floor and did all her mother-in-law told her to do. ⁷ After his evening meal, Boaz felt good and went to sleep lying beside the pile of grain. Ruth went to him quietly and lifted the cover from his feet and lay down. ⁸ About midnight Boaz was startled and rolled over. There was a woman lying near his feet! ⁹ Boaz asked, "Who are you?" She said, "I am Ruth, your servant girl. Spread your cover over me, because you are a relative who is supposed to take care of me." ¹⁰ Then Boaz said, "The Lord bless you, my daughter. This act of kindness is greater than the kindness you showed to Naomi in the beginning. You didn't look for a young man to marry, either rich or poor. ¹¹ Now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do everything you ask, because all the people in our town know you are a good woman. ¹² It is true that I am a relative who is to take care of you, but you have a closer relative than I. ¹³ Stay here tonight, and in the morning we will see if he will take care of you. If he decides to take care of you, that is fine. But if he refuses, I will take care of you myself, as surely as the Lord lives. So stay here until morning."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his heart: Genesis 43:34, Judges 16:25, Judges 19:6, Judges 19:9, Judges 19:22, 2 Samuel 13:28, Esther 1:10, Psalms 104:15, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:12, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 8:15, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Ecclesiastes 10:19, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Ephesians 5:18

went to lie: Such was the simplicity of those early times, that the most wealthy persons looked after their own affairs, both at home and in the field. These threshing-floors were covered at top to keep off the rain, but lay open on all sides, that the wind might come in freely, for winnowing the corn; which being done, it is probable they were shut up at night, with doors fitted to them, that if any one lay there he might be kept warm, and the corn be secured from robbers.

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
The man and his wife were naked, but they were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:5
God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree, you will learn about good and evil and you will be like God!"

Genesis 3:10
The man answered, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."

Genesis 3:11
God asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?"

Deuteronomy 28:34
The things you see will cause you to go mad.

2 Kings 6:20
After they entered Samaria, Elisha said, " Lord , open these men's eyes so they can see." So the Lord opened their eyes, and the Aramean army saw that they were inside the city of Samaria!

Isaiah 28:20
You will be like the person who tried to sleep on a bed that was too short and with a blanket that was too narrow to wrap around himself.

Isaiah 59:6
The webs they make cannot be used for clothes; you can't cover yourself with those webs. The things they do are evil, and they use their hands to hurt others.

Luke 16:23
In the place of the dead, he was in much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus at his side.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry,.... Having ate and drank freely, though not to excess; and innocent mirth was always allowed in the time of harvest, and of the vintage, and of gathering the fruits of the earth, see Judges 9:27 or "his heart was good"; he was in a good frame and disposition of mind, praising God for his goodness to him, and to his people; so the Targum,

"and his heart was good, and he blessed the name of the Lord who had received his prayer, and removed the famine from the land of Israel:''

he went to lie down at the heap of corn; in the threshingfloor, which had either been threshed out, or lay in sheaves to be threshed out: however, it seems probable that he had laid himself down on some of the straw of the corn threshed out, with his clothes on, covering his feet with the lower part of his garment; it being usual in those countries to wear long garments, which served to sleep in by nights, as well as to cover them by day; nor was it thought mean and unworthy of persons of note to sleep in such a place, and in such a manner as this r. And it might be chosen for coolness in those hot countries. Jarchi thinks it was to preserve his corn from thieves; though it might be because it was late ere the festival was over, and too late to go home, and besides he was ready for his business the next morning:

and she came softly; with stillness and quietness, as Jarchi, making as little noise as possible; or secretly, as the Targum, that no one might see her, and have knowledge of what she did:

and uncovered his feet; turned up the skirt of the garment that was upon his feet, or removed whatever covering was laid on them:

and laid her down; not on the side of him, which would have seemed immodest, but at his feet, perhaps across them.

r "Nec pudor in stipula", &c. Ovid. Fast. l. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 3:7. When Boaz had eaten and drunk — The Targum adds, "He blessed the name of the Lord, who had heard his prayer, and removed famine from the land of Israel."

Went to lie down — As the threshing-floors of the Eastern nations are in general in the open air, it is very likely that the owner or some confidential person continued in the fields till the grain was secured, having a tent in the place where the corn was threshed and winnowed. Boaz seems to have acted thus.