25 Heb “trembled, shuddered”; , “suddenly woke up.” Perhaps he shivered because he was chilled.
26 The verb לָפַת (lafat) occurs only here, Job 6:18, and Judg 16:29 (where it seems to mean “grab hold of”). Here the verb seems to carry the meaning “bend, twist, turn,” like its Arabic cognate (see לפת, and F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther [], ).
27 Heb “and behold” (so , ). The narrator invites the reader to view the situation through Boaz’s eyes.
28 Now he saw a woman. The narrator writes from Boaz’s perspective. Both the narrator and the reader know the night visitor is Ruth, but from Boaz’s perspective she is simply “a woman.”
29 Heb “[at] his legs.” See the note on the word “legs” in v. .

In other versions

At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet!

In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!

At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up and turned over. He was surprised to find a woman lying at his feet!

And it happened in the middle of the night the man was startled and he reached out and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

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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