Rut 3:1

1 Naomi, sua suocera, le disse: "Figliuola mia, io vorrei assicurare il tuo riposo perché tu fossi felice.

Rut 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 3:1

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her
After the harvests were over, and so gleaning likewise; when Naomi and Ruth were together alone in their apartment, the mother addressed the daughter after this manner:

my daughter, shall I not seek for thee, that it may be well with thee?
that is, in the house of an husband, as in ( Ruth 1:9 ) her meaning is, to seek out for an husband for her, that she might have an house of her own to rest in, and an husband to provide her; that so she might be free from such toil and labour she had been lately exercised in, and enjoy much ease and comfort, and all outward happiness and prosperity in a marriage state with a good husband. This interrogation carries in it the force of a strong affirmation, may suggest that she judged it to be her duty, and that she was determined to seek out such a rest for her; and the Targum makes her way of speaking stronger still, for that is,

``by an oath I will not rest, until the time that I have sought a rest for thee.''

Rut 3:1 In-Context

1 Naomi, sua suocera, le disse: "Figliuola mia, io vorrei assicurare il tuo riposo perché tu fossi felice.

2 Ora Boaz, con le serve del quale tu sei stata, non è egli nostro parente? Ecco, stasera deve ventolar l’orzo nell’aia.

3 Làvati dunque, ungiti, vèstiti, e scendi all’aia, ma non ti far riconoscere da lui, prima ch’egli abbia finito di mangiare e di bere.

4 E quando se n’andrà a dormire, osserva il luogo dov’egli dorme; poi va’, alzagli la coperta dalla parte de’ piedi, e mettiti lì a giacere; ed egli ti dirà quello che tu debba fare".

5 Ruth le rispose: "Farò tutto quello che dici".