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

2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 3And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took for themselves 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. 5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband. 6Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them food.

Ruth 1:4 word by word

וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם נָשִׁים֙ מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ עָרְפָּ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית ר֑וּת וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ שָׁ֖ם כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• tookנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: marryH5375
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• Moabמוֹאָבִיmô'âbîy mô'âbîyâh mô'âbîyth · MoabiteH4125
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• Orpahעׇרְפָּה‛orpâh · OrpahH6204
• otherשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• Ruthרוּתrûth · RuthH7327
• dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for Ruth 1:4

• Deuteronomy 7:3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take to thy son.
• Deuteronomy 23:3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
• 1 Kings 11:1But king Solomon loved many foreign women, in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
• Matthew 1:5And Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat 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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• Moab
• Ruth
• Moab; Moabites
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• Orpah
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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