When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi⁵⁹ asked,⁶⁰ “How did things turn out for you,⁶¹ my daughter?” Ruth⁶² told her about all the man had done for her.⁶³

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Footnotes

59 Heb “she”; the referent (Naomi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
60 Heb “said.” Since what follows is a question, the present translation uses “asked” here.
61 Heb “Who are you?” In this context Naomi is clearly not asking for Ruth’s identity. Here the question has the semantic force “Are you his wife?” See R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth (), , and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther (), .
62 Heb “she”; the referent (Ruth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
63 All that the man had done. This would have included his promise to marry her and his gift of barley.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did you fare, my daughter?” Then she told her all that the man had done for her,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”

Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She went to her mother-in-law, Naomi, who asked her, “What happened, my daughter?”

Then Ruth told her everything the man had done for her.

NLTNew Living Translation

When Ruth went back to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “What happened, my daughter?”

Ruth told Naomi everything Boaz had done for her,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And she came to her mother-in-law, and she said, “How did it go for you, my daughter?” And she told her all that the man did for her.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

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