God’s Word Translation
Ruth 1:9
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.
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
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. 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. May 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. 10They said to her, “We are going back with you to your people.” 11But Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb who could be your husbands?
Read all of Ruth 1Ruth 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 3:1Naomi, Ruth’s mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, shouldn’t I try to look for a home that would be good for you?
- Genesis 27:27He went over and gave him a kiss. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said, “The smell of my son is like the smell of open country that the Lord has blessed.
- Genesis 29:11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and sobbed loudly.
- Genesis 45:15He kissed all his brothers and cried with them. After that his brothers talked with him.
- Acts 20:37Everyone cried a lot as they put their arms around Paul and kissed him.
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
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