Ruth 1:4

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

2(Now the man’s name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there. 3Sometime later Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone. So her sons married Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.) And they continued to live there about ten years. 5Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children as well as her husband! 6So she decided to return home from the region of Moab, accompanied by her daughters-in-law, because while she was living in Moab she had heard that the Lord had shown concern for his people, reversing the famine by providing abundant crops.

Ruth 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 must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
• Deuteronomy 23:3An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,
• 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
• Matthew 1:5Salmon the father of Boaz (by Rahab), Boaz the father of Obed (by Ruth), 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

Topics related to Ruth 1:4

• Chilion
• Moabites
• Orpah
• Readings, Select
• Ruth
• Women

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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