18. Sit still. Or, “wait” (). Ruth had done all she could; the kinsman, Boaz, must make the legal arrangements for their marriage. The law was not so much concerned with the personal desires of the woman, it would seem, as with those of the near kinsman. All he needed to do was to establish his rights to the satisfaction of the jury of citizens that he would be able to gather at the city gate.
How the matter will fall. Or, “how the matter turns out” (). To wait patiently for an important issue to be resolved is never easy, particularly when there is nothing a person can do to influence the decision, except to pray about it. This, we may presume, Ruth did (see 1:16).