Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in the days of
the
judging
of
the judges, that
there is
a famine in the land ,
and there
goeth
a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah
to
sojourn
in the
fields
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
`is'
Elimelech, and
the
name
of
his wife
Naomi, and the name
of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion ,
Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-
Judah ;
and they come
into
the fields
of Moab ,
and are
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
husband of
Naomi
dieth
, and she is
left ,
she
and
her two sons ;
Then
Naomi’s
husband Elimelech
died
, and she was
left with
her two sons ,
and
they
take
to
them
wives, Moabitesses:
the
name
of
the
one `is'
Orpah ,
and the name
of
the
second
Ruth ;
and they dwell
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
they
die
also,
both of
them
--
Mahlon and Chilion --
and the
woman
is
left of
her two children
and of
her husband.
both Mahlon and Chilion also
died,
and Naomi
was
left without
her two sons
and without
her husband.
And
she
riseth
, she and her daughters-in-law ,
and
turneth
back
from
the
fields
of
Moab,
for
she
hath
heard
in
the fields
of Moab that
God
hath
looked
after
His
people,
--
to
give
to
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.
And
she
goeth
out
from
the
place
where
she
hath
been,
and
her two daughters-in-law with
her
, and they
go
in
the way
to
turn
back 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 saith
to her two daughters-in-law, `
Go ,
turn
back, each to the house
of
her
mother;
Jehovah
doth
with
you kindness
as ye
have done
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 .
Jehovah
doth
grant
to
you ,
and
find ye
rest each
in the house
of her
husband ;'
and she kisseth
them ,
and
they lift
up
their
voice
and
weep.
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
say
to
her
, `
Surely with
thee
we go
back
to thy
people. '
and said
, “
Surely we will
return
with
you
to your
people. ”
And
Naomi saith
, `Turn
back
, my daughters ;
why do
ye
go with me? are there yet
to
me
sons in my bowels
that
they
have
been
to you
for
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
back
, my daughters ,
go, for I am too aged
to
be
to a
husband ;
though
I had
said,
There is
for me hope,
also,
I
have
been
to -night
to
a husband ,
and also
I
have
borne
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 ,
for them do
ye
wait
till
that
they
grow up? for
them
do
ye
shut
yourselves
up,
not
to
be
to
a
husband
? nay
, my daughters, for
more
bitter
to
me than
to
you,
for the hand of Jehovah
hath
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
lift
up
their
voice,
and
weep
again, and Orpah kisseth
her mother-in-law, and
Ruth hath
cleaved
to her.
Again they
wept
aloud
, and Orpah kissed
her mother-in-law goodbye
, but
Ruth clung
to her.
And
she
saith
, `Lo
, thy
sister-in-law hath
turned
back unto
her people ,
and unto
her god,
turn
thou
back 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 saith,
`
Urge me not
to leave thee
--
to turn back
from after
thee;
for whither
thou
goest
I go, and where
thou
lodgest
I lodge
; thy
people `is'
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
I die, and there I am
buried ;
thus
doth
Jehovah
to
me, and thus
doth
He
add
--
for
death itself
doth
part
between
me
and thee
. '
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
. ”
And
she
seeth
that she
is
strengthening
herself
to go with her, and
she ceaseth
to speak
unto
her ;
When
Naomi
saw
that Ruth
was
determined
to go with her, she stopped
trying
to persuade
her .
and they go
both
of
them
till
their
coming
in
to
Beth-Lehem;
and
it
cometh
to
pass
at
their
coming
in
to Beth-Lehem
, that
all
the city is
moved
at
them, and they
say
, `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
saith
unto
them,
`
Call me not
Naomi ;
call me Mara, for
the Almighty hath
dealt very
bitterly to
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
empty
hath
Jehovah
brought me back ,
why do
ye
call me Naomi, and
Jehovah
hath
testified against me, and the Almighty hath
done
evil
to
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 .”
And
Naomi turneth
back,
and
Ruth
the Moabitess
her daughter-in-law with
her,
who
hath
turned
back
from
the fields
of
Moab,
and they have
come
in to
Beth-Lehem
at the commencement
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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