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OEB At midnight the man was startled and turned over, and there was a woman lying at his feet!
WEBBE At midnight, the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!
LSV And it comes to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembles, and turns himself, and behold, a woman is lying at his feet.
FBV Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up. Bending forward he was surprised to see a woman lying at his feet.
T4T In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet.
LEB 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.
BBE Now in the middle of the night, the man awaking from his sleep in fear, and lifting himself up, saw a woman stretched at his feet.
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JPS And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
ASV And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
DRA And behold, when it was now midnight the man was afraid, and troubled: and he saw a woman lying at his feet,
YLT And it cometh to pass, at the middle of the night, that the man trembleth, and turneth himself, and lo, a woman is lying at his feet.
Drby And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
RV And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
Wbstr And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
KJB-1769 ¶ And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.[fn]
KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]And it came to passe at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himselfe: and behold, a woman lay at his feete.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
Bshps And at midnight, the man was afraide, and caught holde: and beholde, a woman lay at his feete.
(And at midnight, the man was afraid, and caught holde: and behold, a woman lay at his feet.)
Gnva And at midnight the man was afraide and caught holde: and loe, a woman lay at his feete.
(And at midnight the man was afraid and caught holde: and lo, a woman lay at his feet. )
Cvdl Now wha it was midnight, the man was afrayed, and groped aboute him, and beholde, a woman laye at his fete.
(Now wha it was midnight, the man was afraid, and groped about him, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.)
Wycl And lo! now at mydnyyt `the man dredde, and was troblid; and he siy a womman lyggynge at hise feet;
(And lo! now at mydnyyt `the man dreaded, and was troblid; and he saw a woman lyggynge at his feet;)
Luth Da es nun Mitternacht ward, erschrak der Mann und erschütterte; und siehe, ein Weib lag zu seinen Füßen.
(So it now Mitternacht ward, erschrak the/of_the man and erschütterte; and look, a woman lag to his feet.)
ClVg Et ecce, nocte jam media expavit homo, et conturbatus est: viditque mulierem jacentem ad pedes suos,
(And ecce, nocte yam media expavit homo, and conturbatus it_is: viditque mulierem yacentem to pedes suos, )
