Ruth 3:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ruth 3:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ruth 3:15 is a verse from the book of Ruth in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of ba..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ruth 3:15 — KJV
“Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. vail: or, sheet, or, apron”
— Ruth 3:15 (KJV)
Ruth 3:15 in Context — About the Book of Ruth
Ruth is a short story of loyal love in a time of famine and loss. A widowed foreigner binds herself to her mother-in-law and to Israel's God — and is woven into the family line of King David and Jesus. It proves no loss is beyond God's quiet, redeeming providence.
Cross-References for Ruth 3:15
“And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.”
Shares key themes with Ruth 3:15: hold, laid, into
“Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.”
Shares key themes with Ruth 3:15: bring, hold, into
“And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.”
Shares key themes with Ruth 3:15: hold, went, into
“Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. long...: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?”
Shares key themes with Ruth 3:15: bring, hast, laid
“And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
Shares key themes with Ruth 3:15: hold, measures, barley
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