Ruth 1

¹Now 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 12:10Gen 26:1Ezek 14:132 Kgs 8:1-2Deut 28:38Gen 43:1Joel 1:16-20Judg 17:8Lev 26:19Amos 4:6

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 Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 35:191 Sam 17:21Mic 5:21 Sam 1:1

³And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 34:192 Kgs 4:1Heb 12:10-11Heb 12:6

⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 1:5Deut 7:31 Kgs 11:1-2Deut 23:3

⁵And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 32:39Ps 89:30-32Isa 49:21Jer 2:19Luke 7:12Matt 22:25-27

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 bread. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 132:15Ps 111:5Exod 3:16Exod 4:311 Sam 2:21Exod 16:4-6Isa 55:10Jer 29:10Luke 1:68Luke 19:44

⁷Wherefore 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 8:3Exod 18:27Ruth 1:10Ruth 1:14

⁸And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ruth 1:5Ruth 2:20Col 3:18Col 3:24Eph 6:2-3Eph 5:22Josh 24:15-282 Tim 1:16-18

⁹The 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ruth 3:1Acts 20:37Gen 29:11Gen 27:27Gen 45:15

¹⁰And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Zech 8:23Ps 119:63Ps 16:3

¹¹And 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 25:5Gen 38:11

¹²Turn 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; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 17:171 Tim 5:9

¹³Would 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 19:21Ps 32:4Judg 2:15Ps 38:2Ps 39:9-101 Sam 5:11Deut 2:15

¹⁴And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 18:24Matt 16:24Matt 10:37Heb 10:39John 6:66-69Matt 19:221 Kgs 19:20Deut 10:20Isa 14:1Prov 17:17

¹⁵And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 11:24Zeph 1:62 Kgs 2:2Josh 24:15Ps 125:51 John 2:192 Sam 15:19-20Heb 10:38Josh 24:19Luke 14:26-33

¹⁶And 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: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 15:21Ruth 2:11-122 Kgs 2:2-6Ps 45:10Matt 8:19John 13:371 Thess 1:9Isa 14:1Acts 21:132 Cor 6:16-18

¹⁷Where 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 3:171 Kgs 2:232 Kgs 6:312 Sam 19:131 Kgs 20:101 Sam 25:222 Sam 3:351 Kgs 19:22 Sam 3:9Acts 11:23

¹⁸When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 21:14Acts 2:42Eph 6:10

¹⁹So 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 21:10Isa 23:7Lam 2:15

²⁰And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 6:4Heb 12:11Ps 88:15Isa 38:13Job 19:6Lam 3:1-20Ps 73:14Job 5:17Exod 6:3Gen 17:1

²¹I 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 2:7-8Job 1:21Job 13:26Job 16:8Job 10:17

²²So 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ruth 2:232 Sam 21:9Exod 9:31-32