Ruth 1:14

Ruth 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
• New International Version (NIV)At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Context of Ruth 1:14

12Go home, my daughters! I am too old to have a husband. Even if I were to say that there was hope for me and I could get married tonight, and then bore sons, 13would you wait for them to grow up? Would you therefore hold off getting married? No, my daughters, it is more bitter for me than for you—for the hand of Adonai has gone out against me!” Again they broke into loud weeping. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth clung to her. 15She said, “Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Return, along with your sister-in-law!” 16Ruth replied, “Do not plead with me to abandon you, to turn back from following you. For where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Ruth 1:14 word by word

וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה קוֹלָ֔ן וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה ע֑וֹד וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק עָרְפָּה֙ לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ וְר֖וּת דָּ֥בְקָה בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: loudH5375
• their voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• and wept againבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• and Orpahעׇרְפָּה‛orpâh · OrpahH6204
• kissedנָשַׁקnâshaq · to kissH5401
• her mother in lawחֲמוֹתchămôth chămôth · mother-in-lawH2545
• but Ruthרוּתrûth · RuthH7327
• claveדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692

Cross-references for Ruth 1:14

• Genesis 31:28And you didn’t even let me kiss my sons and daughters! “Now, you’ve behaved foolishly.
• 1 Kings 19:20So he left the oxen and ran after Elijah saying, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” “Come back,” he said to him. “For what have I done to you?”
• Matthew 10:37“He who loves father or mother more than Me isn’t worthy of Me, and he who loves son or daughter more than Me isn’t worthy of Me.
• Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving, for he had much property.
• 2 Timothy 4:10for Demas, having loved this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessolonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
• Deuteronomy 4:4But you who held tight to Adonai your God are alive today—all of you.
• Deuteronomy 10:20Adonai your God you will fear—Him will you serve. To Him will you cling, and by His Name will you swear.
• Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
• Proverbs 18:24A man with many friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
• Isaiah 14:1For Adonai will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The outsider will join himself with them and will cling to the house of Jacob.
• Zechariah 8:23Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “In those days it will come to pass that ten men from every language of the nations will grasp the corner of the garment of a Jew saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
• Matthew 16:24Then Yeshua said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
• John 6:66From this time, many of His disciples left and quit walking with Him.
• Acts 17:34But some men joined with him and believed—among them Dionysius (a member of the council of the Aereopagus), a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
• Hebrews 10:39But we are not among the timid ones on the path to destruction, but among the faithful ones on the path to the preservation of the soul.

Commentaries on Ruth 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law - The Septuagint add, , And returned to her own people. The Vulgate, Syrian, and Arabic, are to the same purpose.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The kiss at parting as well as at meeting is the customary friendly and respectful salutation in the East. The difference between mere kindness of manner and self-sacrificing love is most vividly depicted in the words and conduct of the two women. Ruth‘s determination is stedfast to cast in her lot with the people of the Lord (compare the marginal references and Matthew 15:22-28).Read the comment
• 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. 14Ruth clung to her: The Hebrew verb here shows how strong Ruth’s love was for her mother-in-law. It is the same word used to describe a man being "joined to" his wife (Genesis 2:24) and to describe a person staying faithful to the Lord (Deuteronomy 4:4; 10:20; Joshua 22:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-186-7. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab--The aged widow, longing to enjoy the privileges of Israel, resolved to return to her native land as soon as she was assured that the famine had ceased, and made the necessary arrangements with her daughters-in-law.Read the comment

Topics related to Ruth 1:14

• Constancy
• Daughter-In-Law
• Kiss
• Mother-In-Law
• Orpah
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• 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