Ruth 1:8

Ruth 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each to her mother’s house. The Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

Context of Ruth 1:8

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. 7Naomi and her sons' wives left their home in Moab. They began to travel together on the way back to Judah. On the way, Naomi said to Ruth and Orpah, ‘Listen! You should return to your mothers' homes in Moab and stay there. Your husbands are dead now. You have been kind to them and to me. I pray that the Lord will be as kind to you. 9I also pray that God will give to each of you another husband and a new home.’ Naomi kissed them and said ‘goodbye’. Ruth and Orpah began to weep loudly. 10They said to Naomi, ‘No! We will go with you to live with your people.’

Ruth 1:8 word by word

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר נָעֳמִי֙ לִשְׁתֵּ֣י כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ לֵ֣כְנָה שֹּׁ֔בְנָה אִשָּׁ֖ה לְבֵ֣ית אִמָּ֑הּ יַ֣עַשׂ יְהוָ֤ה עִמָּכֶם֙ חֶ֔סֶד כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם עִם־הַמֵּתִ֖ים וְעִמָּדִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Naomiנׇעֳמִיno‛ŏmîy · NaomiH5281
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• daughters in lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• eachאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: anotherH802
• to her mother’sאֵם'êm · motherH517
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• dealעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• kindlyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• with the deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Ruth 1:8

• Joshua 24:15But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then you should choose another god to worship. Decide today! Will you serve the gods that your ancestors worshipped across the river? Will you serve the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living? You choose! But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.’
• Luke 14:25Crowds of many people were travelling with Jesus on his journey. So he turned and said to them,
• Philippians 4:18Epaphroditus has brought the gifts that you sent to me. I have received those gifts, so that I no longer need anything. You have sent me more than enough. Your gifts are like a sacrifice with a nice smell that you have offered to God. God accepts that kind of sacrifice. It makes him very happy.
• 2 Timothy 1:16But Onesiphorus has stayed to help me. I pray that the Lord will be kind to his family. He often came to help me not to be sad. I am in prison, but he was not ashamed to help me.
• Ruth 1:5After 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.
• Ruth 2:20Naomi said to Ruth, ‘He has been kind to us! He has thought about our husbands who have died and he has helped us who are still alive. I pray that the Lord will bless him in return. That man is our relative. He is one of our family-redeemers.’
• Ephesians 5:22Wives, obey your own husbands, as you obey the Lord.
• Ephesians 6:2God's Law says: ‘Always respect your father and your mother.’ That is the first rule of God's Law that also has a promise.
• Colossians 3:18Wives, obey your husbands. That is the right thing to do, because you belong to the Lord.

Commentaries on Ruth 1:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Accompanying their mother-in-law to the borders of their own land would probably be an act of Oriental courtesy. Naomi with no less courtesy presses them to return. The mention of the mother‘s house, which the separation of the women‘s house or tent from that of the men facilitates, is natural in her mouth, and has more tenderness in it than father‘s house would have had; it does not imply the death of their fathers Rth 2:11 .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. 8They had probably gone only a short distance when Naomi released Ruth and Orpah to return to their mothers’ homes.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house--In Eastern countries women occupy apartments separate from those of men, and daughters are most frequently in those of their mother. the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead--that is, with my sons, your husbands, while they lived.Read the comment

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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
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