The Book of Ruth 1

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¹ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled that there was a famine in the land And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab he and his wife and his two sons ⚑

² And 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 Beth-lehem-judah And they came into the country of Moab and continued there ⚑

⁴ 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 ⚑

⁵ And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband ⚑

⁶ Then 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 bread ⚑

⁷ Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was and her two daughters in law with her and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah ⚑

⁸ And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law Go return each to her other’s house the LORD deal kindly with you as ye have dealt with the dead and with me ⚑

⁹ 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 ⚑

¹⁰ And they said unto her Surely we will return with thee unto thy people ⚑

¹¹ And Naomi said Turn again my daughters why will ye go with me are there yet any more sons in my womb that they may be your husbands ⚑

¹² Turn again my daughters go your way for I am too old to have an husband If I should say I have hope if I should have an husband also to night and should also bear sons ⚑

¹³ Would ye tarry for them till they were grown would ye stay for them from having husbands nay my daughters for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me ⚑

¹⁴ And they lifted up their voice and wept again and Orpah kissed her mother in law but Ruth clave unto her ⚑

¹⁵ And she said Behold thy sister in law is gone back unto her people and unto her gods return thou after thy sister in law ⚑

¹⁶ And Ruth said Intreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee for whither thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge thy people shall be my people and thy God my God ⚑

¹⁷ Where thou diest will I die and there will I be buried the LORD do so to me and more also if ought but death part thee and me ⚑

¹⁸ When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her then she left speaking unto her ⚑

¹⁹ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem And it came to pass when they were come to Beth-lehem that all the city was moved about them and they said Is this Naomi ⚑

²⁰ And she said unto them Call me not Naomi call me Mara for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me ⚑

²¹ I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty why then call ye me Naomi seeing the LORD hath testified against me and the Almighty hath afflicted me ⚑

²² So Naomi returned and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter in law with her which returned out of the country of Moab and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain