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Selected Verse: Ruth 3:8 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ru 3:8	Strong Concordance	And it came to pass at midnight [02677] [03915], that the man [0376] was afraid [02729], and turned [03943] himself: and, behold, a woman [0802] lay [07901] at his feet [04772].
	King James	And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Turned himself - Rather, "bent forward," so as to feel what it was which was at his feet. The same word is translated "took hold of," in Jdg 16:29.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Turned himself - Rather, "bent forward," so as to feel what it was which was at his feet. The same word is translated "took hold of," in Jdg 16:29.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
About midnight the man was startled, namely, because on awaking he observed that there was some one lying at his feet; and he "bent himself" forward, or on one side, to feel who was lying there, "and behold a woman was lying at his feet." מרגּלתיו is accus. loci.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

About midnight the man was startled, namely, because on awaking he observed that there was some one lying at his feet; and he "bent himself" forward, or on one side, to feel who was lying there, "and behold a woman was lying at his feet." מרגּלתיו is accus. loci.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
At midnight - He did not discover her sooner.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

At midnight - He did not discover her sooner.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The man was afraid, and turned himself - The verb ילפת yillapheth, which we render he turned himself, has puzzled even the Targumist, who translates the clause thus: "The man trembled, and his flesh became like a (boiled) turnip through fear." It is fully evident Boaz had no intimation of the present proceedings. To this verse the Targumist adds much; he says, "Boaz subdued his concupiscence, and acted towards her as Joseph did to the Egyptian wife of his master, and as Pelatiel, the son of Laish the pious, did to Michal, the daughter of Saul, the wife of David, who put a sword between Michal and himself, because he would not approach to her."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The man was afraid, and turned himself - The verb ילפת yillapheth, which we render he turned himself, has puzzled even the Targumist, who translates the clause thus: "The man trembled, and his flesh became like a (boiled) turnip through fear." It is fully evident Boaz had no intimation of the present proceedings. To this verse the Targumist adds much; he says, "Boaz subdued his concupiscence, and acted towards her as Joseph did to the Egyptian wife of his master, and as Pelatiel, the son of Laish the pious, did to Michal, the daughter of Saul, the wife of David, who put a sword between Michal and himself, because he would not approach to her."

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