Ruth 1:4

Ruth 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
• English Standard Version (ESV)These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.

Context of Ruth 1:4

3Elimelech died while they were living in Moab. Naomi and her two sons remained there alone. Then Naomi's sons married women from Moab. Mahlon married a woman called Ruth. Kilion married a woman called Orpah. 5After they had all lived in Moab for about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion died. Now Naomi was completely alone, without her husband or her sons. 6Naomi received news from Judah that the Lord had helped his people. There was now enough food in Judah again. So Naomi decided to leave Moab and return to Judah with Ruth and Orpah.

Ruth 1:4 word by word

וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם נָשִׁים֙ מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ עָרְפָּ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית ר֑וּת וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֖ם כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they tookנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: marryH5375
• them wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• of Moabמוֹאָבִיmô'âbîy mô'âbîyâh mô'âbîyth · MoabiteH4125
• the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• Orpahעׇרְפָּה‛orpâh · OrpahH6204
• of the otherשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• Ruthרוּתrûth · RuthH7327
• and they dwelledיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• there about tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Ruth 1:4

• Deuteronomy 7:3You must not marry any of these people. Do not let your daughters marry their sons. Do not take their daughters to marry your sons.
• Deuteronomy 23:3Ammonite and Moabite people also cannot join with the Lord's people when they come together to worship him. Even the tenth generation of their descendants can never do this.
• 1 Kings 11:1Solomon loved Pharaoh's daughter and many other foreign women. Those women were Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
• Matthew 1:5Salmon was the father of Boaz. Rahab was his mother. Boaz was the father of Obed. Ruth was his mother. Obed was the father of Jesse.

Commentaries on Ruth 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And they took them wives - The Targum very properly observes, that they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and took to themselves strange women.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Marriages of Israelites with women of Ammon or Moab are nowhere in the Law expressly forbidden, as were marriages with the women of Canaan Deuteronomy 7:1-3. In the days of Nehemiah the special law Deuteronomy 23:3-6 was interpreted as forbidding them, and as excluding the children of such marriages from the congregation of Israel Nehemiah 13:1-3. Probably the marriages of Mahlon and Chilion would be justified by necessity, living as they were in a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Kilion married Orpah, and Mahlon married Ruth (see Ruth 4:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-5Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1. in the days when the judges ruled--The beautiful and interesting story which this book relates belongs to the early times of the judges. The precise date cannot be ascertained.Read the comment

Topics related to Ruth 1:4

• Chilion
• Moabites
• Orpah
• Readings, Select
• Ruth
• Women

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• Moab
• Ruth
• Moab; Moabites
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• Orpah
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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