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Ruth 1:7-2:3
New King James Version
Ruth 1:7-2:3
New King James Version
7 Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, (A)“Go, return each to her mother’s house. (B)The Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt (C)with the dead and with me. 9 The Lord grant that you may find (D)rest, each in the house of her husband.”
So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. 10 And they said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, (E)that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons, 13 would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that (F)the hand of the Lord has gone out against me!”
14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth (G)clung to her.
15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to (H)her people and to her gods; (I)return after your sister-in-law.”
16 But Ruth said:
(J)“Entreat[a] me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
(K)Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
(L)The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”
18 (M)When she saw that she [b]was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.
19 Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that (N)all the city was excited because of them; and the women said, (O)“Is this Naomi?”
20 But she said to them, “Do not call me [c]Naomi; call me [d]Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, (P)and the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and [e]the Almighty has afflicted me?”
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem (Q)at the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth Meets Boaz
2 There was a (R)relative of Naomi’s husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of (S)Elimelech. His name was (T)Boaz. 2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the (U)field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.”
And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
3 Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
Ruth 1:7-2:3
New International Version
Ruth 1:7-2:3
New International Version
7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.(A) May the Lord show you kindness,(B) as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands(C) and to me. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest(D) in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed(E) them goodbye and they wept aloud(F) 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?(G) 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up?(H) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter(I) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!(J)”
14 At this they wept(K) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law(L) goodbye,(M) but Ruth clung to her.(N)
15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law(O) is going back to her people and her gods.(P) Go back with her.”
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(Q) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(R) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(S) and your God my God.(T) 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(U) if even death separates you and me.”(V) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(W)
19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.(X) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred(Y) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 “Don’t call me Naomi,[a]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[b] because the Almighty[c](Z) has made my life very bitter.(AA) 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(AB) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[d] me;(AC) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,(AD) her daughter-in-law,(AE) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest(AF) was beginning.(AG)
Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field
2 Now Naomi had a relative(AH) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(AI) from the clan of Elimelek,(AJ) whose name was Boaz.(AK)
2 And Ruth the Moabite(AL) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(AM) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(AN)”
Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(AO) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(AP)
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