God’s Word Translation
Ruth 1:7
7So she left the place where she had been living, and her two daughters-in-law went with her.) They began to walk back along the road to the territory of Judah.
Ruth 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
- New International Version (NIV)With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
Context of Ruth 1:7
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. So she left the place where she had been living, and her two daughters-in-law went with her.) They began to walk back along the road to the territory of Judah. 8Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back! Each of you should go back to your mother’s home. May the Lord be as kind to you as you were to me and to our loved ones who have died. 9May the Lord repay each of you so that you may find security in a home with a husband.” When she kissed them goodbye, they began to cry loudly.
Read all of Ruth 1Ruth 1:7 word by word
וַתֵּצֵ֗א מִן־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיְתָה־שָׁ֔מָּה וּשְׁתֵּ֥י כַלֹּתֶ֖יהָ עִמָּ֑הּ וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ לָשׁ֖וּב אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Wherefore she went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- out of the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- where she was, and her twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- daughters in lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
- with her; and they wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- on the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
- to returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- unto the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
Cross-references for Ruth 1:7
- 2 Kings 8:3At the end of seven years, the woman came home from Philistine territory but left again to make an appeal to the king about her house and land.
- Ruth 1:10They said to her, “We are going back with you to your people.”
- Exodus 18:27Moses sent his father-in-law on his way. So Jethro went back to his own country.
Commentaries on Ruth 1:7
- 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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-186-7. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab--The aged widow, longing to enjoy the privileges of Israel, resolved to return to her native land as soon as she was assured that the famine had ceased, and made the necessary arrangements with her daughters-in-law.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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