Hakim-hakim 16:25

16:25 When they really started celebrating, ¹  they said, “Call for Samson so he can entertain us!” So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. ²  They made him stand between two pillars.

Rut 3:7

3:7 When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. ³  Then Ruth ⁴  crept up quietly, ⁵  uncovered his legs, ⁶  and lay down beside him. ⁷ 

[16:25]  ¹ tn Heb “When their heart was good.”

[16:25]  ² tn Heb “before them.”

[3:7]  ³ tn Heb “and Boaz ate and drank and his heart was well and he went to lie down at the end of the heap”; NAB “at the edge of the sheaves.”

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Ruth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:7]  ⁵ sn Ruth must have waited until Boaz fell asleep, for he does not notice when she uncovers his legs and lies down beside him.

[3:7]  ⁶ tn See the note on the word “legs” in v. 4.

[3:7]  ⁷ tn The words “beside him” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Cf. TEV “at his feet”; CEV “near his feet.”