Ruth 3:10

3:10 He said, “May you be rewarded ¹  by the Lord, my dear! ²  This act of devotion ³  is greater than what you did before. ⁴  For you have not sought to marry ⁵  one of the young men, whether rich or poor. ⁶ 

Ruth 3:18

3:18 Then Naomi ⁷  said, “Stay put, ⁸  my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today.”

¹ tn Or “blessed” (so NASB, NRSV).

² tn Heb “my daughter.” This form of address is a mild form of endearment, perhaps merely rhetorical. A few English versions omit it entirely (e.g., TEV, CEV). The same expression occurs in v. 11.

³ tn Heb “latter [act of] devotion”; NRSV “this last instance of your loyalty.”

⁴ tn Heb “you have made the latter act of devotion better than the former”; NIV “than that which you showed earlier.”

⁵ tn Heb “by not going after the young men” (NASB similar); TEV “You might have gone looking for a young man.”

⁶ tn Heb “whether poor or rich” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); the more common English idiom reverses the order (“rich or poor”; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

⁷ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Naomi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “sit”; KJV “Sit still”; NAB “Wait here”; NLT “Just be patient.”