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Ruth 1:9
9May 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
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.
Context of Ruth 1:9
7With 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. 8Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. 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 10and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.” 11But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?
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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 3:1One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for.
- Genesis 27:27So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
- Genesis 29:11Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud.
- Genesis 45:15And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.
- Acts 20:37They all wept as they embraced him 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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