She went down to the threshing floor, and did everything that her mother-in-law told her.
Parallel translations
- KJV And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
- BSB So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.
- NKJV So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law instructed her.
- NASB So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.
- NLT So she went down to the threshing floor that night and followed the instructions of her mother-in-law.
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Cross-references · 4
- Prov 1:8My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
- Exod 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- John 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
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