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KJV
King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Now
it
came
to
pass
in the days when the judges ruled, that
there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of
Bethlehemjudah
went
to
sojourn
in the
country
of
Moab,
he
, and
his wife ,
and his
two sons.
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from
Bethlehem
in Judah
, with
his wife and two sons ,
went
to
reside
in
the
land
of
Moab
.
And
the name of
the
man
was Elimelech, and
the
name
of
his wife
Naomi, and the name
of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion ,
Ephrathites
of
Bethlehemjudah
. And they came
into
the country
of Moab ,
and continued
there.
The man’s
name was Elimelech, his wife’s
name
was
Naomi, and the names
of his two sons were
Mahlon and Chilion. They
were
Ephrathites
from
Bethlehem
in
Judah,
and they entered
the land
of Moab and settled
there.
And
Elimelech
Naomi's
husband died ;
and she was left ,
and
her two sons .
Then
Naomi’s
husband Elimelech
died ,
and she was left with
her two sons ,
And
they
took them
wives
of
the
women of
Moab;
the
name
of
the
one was
Orpah ,
and the name
of
the
other Ruth :
and they dwelled
there
about ten years .
who
took Moabite
women as
their
wives,
one named
Orpah and the other named
Ruth .
And after
they had
lived
in
Moab
about ten years ,
And
Mahlon and Chilion died
also both
of
them;
and the
woman
was left of
her two sons and her husband.
both
Mahlon and Chilion also died,
and Naomi
was left without
her two sons and without
her husband.
Then
she
arose
with
her
daughters
in
law,
that
she
might
return
from
the
country
of
Moab:
for
she
had
heard in the
country
of
Moab how
that the LORD had visited
his people in
giving
them bread
.
When
Naomi
heard in Moab that the LORD had attended
to
His people by
providing
them with
food,
she
and
her
daughters-in-law
prepared
to
leave
the
land
of
Moab
.
Wherefore
she
went
forth
out
of
the
place
where
she
was,
and
her two daughters in law with
her;
and they
went
on the way
to return
unto
the land of Judah.
Accompanied
by
her two daughters -
in -
law ,
she
left
the
place
where
she
had
been
living
and set
out
on the road
leading
back
to the land of Judah.
And
Naomi said unto
her two daughters in law, Go, return
each to her
mother's
house:
the LORD deal
kindly
with
you, as ye
have dealt
with
the
dead ,
and with
me.
Then
Naomi said to
her two daughters -
in -
law, “
Go back
, each of
you
to your
mother’s
home.
May
the LORD show
you loving
devotion
, as you
have shown
to
your
dead and to
me.
The LORD grant
you
that
ye
may
find
rest,
each of you in the house
of her
husband. Then
she kissed them ;
and
they lifted
up
their
voice,
and
wept .
May
the LORD enable
each of you to
find
rest
in the home
of your
new
husband. ”
And
she kissed them as
they wept aloud
And they
said unto
her
, Surely we will return with thee
unto
thy
people.
and said, “
Surely we will return with you
to
your
people. ”
And
Naomi said
, Turn
again
, my daughters :
why will
ye
go with me? are there yet
any
more
sons in my womb ,
that
they
may
be
your husbands?
But
Naomi replied
, “Return
home
, my daughters .
Why would
you
go with me? Are there still
sons in my womb to
become
your husbands?
Turn
again
, my daughters ,
go your
way;
for I am too old to have an
husband. If I should
say,
I
have
hope ,
if
I
should
have an
husband also
to
night,
and should
also
bear sons ;
Return
home
, my daughters .
Go on,
for I am too old to have another
husband. Even
if I thought
there
was
hope for
me
to
have a
husband tonight
and to
bear sons ,
Would ye
tarry
for them till
they
were
grown
? would ye
stay
for
them
from having husbands? nay
, my daughters ;
for
it grieveth
me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is
gone out against me.
would you
wait
for them to
grow
up
? Would you
refrain
from having husbands? No
, my daughters ,
it grieves
me very
much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has
gone out against me. ”
And
they lifted
up
their
voice,
and
wept again:
and Orpah kissed her mother in law ;
but Ruth clave
unto
her.
Again
they wept aloud,
and Orpah kissed her mother -
in -
law goodbye,
but Ruth clung
to
her.
And
she
said
, Behold
, thy
sister in law is
gone back unto
her people ,
and unto
her gods :
return
thou
after
thy
sister
in
law
.
“Look
, ”
said
Naomi
, “your
sister -
in -
law has
gone back to
her people and her gods ;
follow
her
back
home
. ”
And
Ruth said,
Entreat
me
not to leave thee,
or to return
from following after
thee:
for whither
thou
goest
, I will go ;
and where
thou
lodgest
, I will lodge:
thy
people shall
be my people, and thy
God my God :
But
Ruth replied:
“Do
not urge
me
to leave you
or to turn
from following you.
For wherever
you
go
, I will go ,
and wherever
you
live
, I will live;
your
people will
be my people, and your
God will
be
my God .
Where thou
diest
, will
I die, and there will
I be buried :
the LORD do
so
to
me, and more
also
, if ought
but death part
thee
and me.
Where you
die
, I will
die, and there I will
be buried .
May
the LORD punish
me, and ever
so
severely
, if anything
but death separates
you
and me. ”
When she
saw that she
was stedfastly
minded
to go with her, then
she left
speaking
unto
her.
When Naomi
saw that Ruth
was determined
to go with her, she stopped
trying
to
persuade
her.
So they
two
went
until they came to Bethlehem. And
it
came
to
pass,
when they were
come
to
Bethlehem, that
all
the city was moved
about
them, and they
said
, Is
this Naomi?
So Naomi
and
Ruth
traveled
until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered
Bethlehem, the whole
city was stirred
because
of
them, and the
women
of
the
city
exclaimed
, “Can
this be
Naomi? ”
And
she
said
unto
them,
Call me not
Naomi, call me Mara :
for
the Almighty hath
dealt very
bitterly with me.
“Do
not
call me Naomi, ”
she
replied.
“
Call me Mara ,
because
the Almighty has
dealt quite
bitterly with me.
I went out
full and
the LORD hath
brought me home
again
empty :
why then
call ye
me Naomi, seeing
the LORD hath
testified against me, and the Almighty hath
afflicted me ?
I went away
full ,
but
the LORD has
brought me back
empty .
Why call me Naomi ?
After
all
, the LORD has
testified against me, and the Almighty has
afflicted me .”
So Naomi returned ,
and
Ruth
the Moabitess,
her daughter in law ,
with
her,
which
returned
out
of
the country
of
Moab:
and they came
to
Bethlehem
in the beginning of barley harvest.
So Naomi returned from
the land
of
Moab
with
her daughter -
in -
law Ruth
the Moabitess.
And they arrived
in Bethlehem
at
the beginning of the
barley harvest.
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