English Standard Version
Ruth 1:4
4These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years,
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,
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,
Context of Ruth 1:4
2The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, 5and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. 6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the Lord had visited his people and given them food.
Read all of Ruth 1Ruth 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 shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,
- Deuteronomy 23:3"No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,
- 1 Kings 11:1Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
- Matthew 1:5and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed 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
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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
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