Ruth 1:14

Ruth 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
• New International Version (NIV)At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Context of Ruth 1:14

12Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, 13would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.” Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Follow your sister-in-law.” 16But Ruth replied: Don’t plead with me to abandon you or to return and not follow 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.

Ruth 1:14 word by word

וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה קוֹלָ֔ן וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה ע֑וֹד וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק עָרְפָּה֙ לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ וְר֖וּת דָּ֥בְקָה בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• their voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and wept againבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• and Orpahעׇרְפָּה‛orpâh · OrpahH6204
• kissedנָשַׁקnâshaq · to kissH5401
• her mother in lawחֲמוֹתchămôth chămôth · mother-in-lawH2545
• but Ruthרוּתrûth · RuthH7327
• claveדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692

Cross-references for Ruth 1:14

• Genesis 31:28but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.
• 1 Kings 19:20Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” he replied, “for what have I done to you?”
• Matthew 10:37The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Matthew 19:22When the young man heard that, he went away grieving, because he had many possessions.
• 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas has deserted me, since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
• Deuteronomy 4:4But you who have remained faithful to the Lord your God are all alive today.
• Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the Lord your God and worship him. Remain faithful to him and take oaths in his name.
• Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.
• Proverbs 18:24One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
• Isaiah 14:1For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will choose Israel again. He will settle them on their own land. The resident alien will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.
• Zechariah 8:23The Lord of Armies says this: “In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
• Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
• John 6:66From that moment many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him.
• Acts 17:34However, some people joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
• Hebrews 10:39But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.

Commentaries on Ruth 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law - The Septuagint add, , And returned to her own people. The Vulgate, Syrian, and Arabic, are to the same purpose.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The kiss at parting as well as at meeting is the customary friendly and respectful salutation in the East. The difference between mere kindness of manner and self-sacrificing love is most vividly depicted in the words and conduct of the two women. Ruth‘s determination is stedfast to cast in her lot with the people of the Lord (compare the marginal references and Matthew 15:22-28).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Naomi began to think of returning, after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it ought to reform what is amiss there. Earth is made bitter to us, that heaven may be made dear. Naomi seems to have been a person of faith and piety. She dismissed her daughters-in-law with prayer. It is very proper for friends, when they part, to part with them thus part in love. Did Naomi do well, to discourage her daughters from going with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Ruth clung to her: The Hebrew verb here shows how strong Ruth’s love was for her mother-in-law. It is the same word used to describe a man being "joined to" his wife (Genesis 2:24) and to describe a person staying faithful to the Lord (Deuteronomy 4:4; 10:20; Joshua 22:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-186-7. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab--The aged widow, longing to enjoy the privileges of Israel, resolved to return to her native land as soon as she was assured that the famine had ceased, and made the necessary arrangements with her daughters-in-law.Read the comment

Topics related to Ruth 1:14

• Constancy
• Daughter-In-Law
• Kiss
• Mother-In-Law
• Orpah
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• Ruth
• Women

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Commentaries on Ruth 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings