Ruth 1:9

Ruth 1:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

Context of Ruth 1:9

7Naomi and her sons' wives left their home in Moab. They began to travel together on the way back to Judah. 8On 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. I 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.’ 11But Naomi said, ‘My daughters, you should return to your own country. You should not choose to come back to Judah with me. I will not give birth to any more sons for you to marry them.

Ruth 1:9 word by word

יִתֵּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לָכֶ֔ם וּמְצֶ֣אןָ מְנוּחָ֔ה אִשָּׁ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אִישָׁ֑הּ וַתִּשַּׁ֣ק לָהֶ֔ן וַתִּשֶּׂ֥אנָה קוֹלָ֖ן וַתִּבְכֶּֽינָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• grantנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• you that ye may findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• restמְנוּחָהmenûchâh menûchâh · restingH4496
• eachאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: anotherH802
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of her husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• Then she kissedנָשַׁקnâshaq · to kissH5401
• them; and they lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• their voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and weptבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058

Cross-references for Ruth 1:9

• Ruth 3:1One day, Naomi said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, I must find a home for you. There you will have everything that you need.
• Genesis 27:27So Jacob went to Isaac and kissed him. Isaac smelled the clothes that Jacob wore. Then Isaac blessed him. He said, ‘The smell of my son is like the smell of a field. It is like a field that the Lord has blessed.
• Genesis 29:11Then Jacob kissed Rachel. He began to weep loudly.
• Genesis 45:15Joseph continued to weep as he kissed each of his other brothers too. After this, his brothers began to talk to Joseph.
• Acts 20:37They all cried a lot, because Paul wanted to leave them. They hugged him and they kissed him to say ‘goodbye’.

Commentaries on Ruth 1:9

• 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. 9Naomi speaks the first blessing in the book.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest--enjoy a life of tranquillity, undisturbed by the cares, incumbrances, and vexatious troubles to which a state of widowhood is peculiarly exposed. Then she kissed them--the Oriental manner when friends are parting.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
• EGW Writings