God’s Word Translation
Ruth 1:4
4Each son married a woman from Moab. One son married a woman named Orpah, and the other son married a woman named Ruth. They lived there for 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,
- 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
2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of their two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were descendants of Ephrathah from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah. They went to the country of Moab and lived there. 3Now, Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left alone with her two sons. Each son married a woman from Moab. One son married a woman named Orpah, and the other son married a woman named Ruth. They lived there for about ten years. 5Then both Mahlon and Chilion died as well. So Naomi was left alone, without her two sons or her husband. 6Naomi and her daughters-in-law started on the way back from the country of Moab. (While they were still in Moab she heard that the Lord had come to help his people and give 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 7:3Never marry any of them. Never let your daughters marry their sons or your sons marry their daughters.
- Deuteronomy 23:3Ammonites or Moabites may not join the assembly of the Lord. Not one descendant of theirs may join the assembly of the Lord for ten generations.
- 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter. He loved Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.
- Matthew 1:5Salmon and Rahab were the father and mother of Boaz. Boaz and Ruth were the father and mother of Obed. 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
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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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