18Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
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Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. …
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)We are here told, I. How Ruth was dismissed by Boaz. It would not have been safe for her to go home in the dead of the night; therefore she lay at his feet (not by his side) until morning . But as soon as ever the day broke, that she had light to go home by, she got away, before one could know another , that, if she were seen, yet she might not be known to be abroad so unseasonably. She was not sh…
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