Ruth 1:9

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

7Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah, 8Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Listen to me! Each of you should return to your mother’s home!May the Lord show youthe same kind of devotion that you have shown to your deceased husbands and to me! May the Lord enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly. 10But they said to her, “No! We will return with you to your people.” 11But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!

Ruth 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 3:1At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.
• Genesis 27:27So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, “Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed.
• Genesis 29:11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.
• Genesis 45:15He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him.
• Acts 20:37They all began to weep loudly, and hugged 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