book_id: RUT

book: Ruth

reference: Ruth 1:1

text: 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 Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.


reference: Ruth 1:2

text: 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 Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.


reference: Ruth 1:3

text: And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.


reference: Ruth 1:4

text: 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.


reference: Ruth 1:5

text: And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.


reference: Ruth 1:6

text: ¶ 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.


reference: Ruth 1:7

text: 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.


reference: Ruth 1:8

text: 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.


reference: Ruth 1:9

text: 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.


reference: Ruth 1:10

text: And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.


reference: Ruth 1:11

text: 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?


reference: Ruth 1:12

text: 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;


reference: Ruth 1:13

text: 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.


reference: Ruth 1:14

text: And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.


reference: Ruth 1:15

text: 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.


reference: Ruth 1:16

text: And Ruth said, Intreat 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:


reference: Ruth 1:17

text: 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.


reference: Ruth 1:18

text: When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.


reference: Ruth 1:19

text: ¶ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?


reference: Ruth 1:20

text: And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.


reference: Ruth 1:21

text: 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?


reference: Ruth 1:22

text: 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 Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.