Dual Panel1Now it came to pass in the days <03117> when the judges <08199> (8802) ruled <08199> (8800)_, that there was a famine <07458> in the land <0776>_. And a certain man <0376> of Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063> went <03212> (8799) to sojourn <01481> (8800) in the country <07704> of Moab <04124>_, he, and his wife <0802>_, and his two <08147> sons <01121>_. {ruled: Heb. judged}
2And the name <08034> of the man <0376> [was] Elimelech <0458>_, and the name <08034> of his wife <0802> Naomi <05281>_, and the name <08034> of his two <08147> sons <01121> Mahlon <04248> and Chilion <03630>_, Ephrathites <0673> of Bethlehemjudah <01035> <03063>_. And they came <0935> (8799) into the country <07704> of Moab <04124>_, and continued there. {continued: Heb. were}
3And Elimelech <0458> Naomi's <05281> husband <0376> died <04191> (8799)_; and she was left <07604> (8735)_, and her two <08147> sons <01121>_.
4And they took <05375> (8799) them wives <0802> of the women <0802> of Moab <04125>_; the name <08034> of the one <0259> [was] Orpah <06204>_, and the name <08034> of the other <08145> Ruth <07327>_: and they dwelled <03427> (8799) there about ten <06235> years <08141>_.
5And Mahlon <04248> and Chilion <03630> died <04191> (8799) also both <08147> of them; and the woman <0802> was left <07604> (8735) of her two <08147> sons <03206> and her husband <0376>_.
6Then she arose <06965> (8799) with her daughters in law <03618>_, that she might return <07725> (8799) from the country <07704> of Moab <04124>_: for she had heard <08085> (8804) in the country <07704> of Moab <04124> how that the LORD <03068> had visited <06485> (8804) his people <05971> in giving <05414> (8800) them bread <03899>_.
7Wherefore she went forth <03318> (8799) out of the place <04725> where she was, and her two <08147> daughters in law <03618> with her; and they went <03212> (8799) on the way <01870> to return <07725> (8800) unto the land <0776> of Judah <03063>_.
8And Naomi <05281> said <0559> (8799) unto her two <08147> daughters in law <03618>_, Go <03212> (8798)_, return <07725> (8798) each <0802> to her mother's <0517> house <01004>_: the LORD <03068> deal <06213> (8799) kindly <02617> with you, as ye have dealt <06213> (8804) with the dead <04191> (8801)_, and with me.
9The LORD <03068> grant <05414> (8799) you that ye may find <04672> (8798) rest <04496>_, each <0802> [of you] in the house <01004> of her husband <0376>_. Then she kissed <05401> (8799) them; and they lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963>_, and wept <01058> (8799)_.
10And they said <0559> (8799) unto her, Surely we will return <07725> (8799) with thee unto thy people <05971>_.
11And Naomi <05281> said <0559> (8799)_, Turn again <07725> (8798)_, my daughters <01323>_: why will ye go <03212> (8799) with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons <01121> in my womb <04578>_, that they may be your husbands <0582>_?
12Turn again <07725> (8798)_, my daughters <01323>_, go <03212> (8798) [your way]; for I am too old <02204> (8804) to have an husband <0376>_. If I should say <0559> (8804)_, I have <03426> hope <08615>_, [if] I should have an husband <0376> also to night <03915>_, and should also bear <03205> (8804) sons <01121>_; {should have...: or were with an husband}
13Would ye tarry <07663> (8762) for them <03860> till they were grown <01431> (8799)_? would ye stay <05702> (8735) for them <03860> from having husbands <0376>_? nay, my daughters <01323>_; for it grieveth <04843> (8804) me much <03966> for your sakes that the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> is gone out <03318> (8804) against me. {tarry: Heb. hope} {it grieveth...: Heb. I have much bitterness}
14And they lifted up <05375> (8799) their voice <06963>_, and wept again <01058> (8799)_: and Orpah <06204> kissed <05401> (8799) her mother in law <02545>_; but Ruth <07327> clave <01692> (8804) unto her.
15And she said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, thy sister in law <02994> is gone back <07725> (8804) unto her people <05971>_, and unto her gods <0430>_: return <07725> (8798) thou after <0310> thy sister in law <02994>_.
16And Ruth <07327> said <0559> (8799)_, Intreat <06293> (8799) me not to leave <05800> (8800) thee, [or] to return <07725> (8800) from following after <0310> thee: for whither thou goest <03212> (8799)_, I will go <03212> (8799)_; and where thou lodgest <03885> (8799)_, I will lodge <03885> (8799)_: thy people <05971> [shall be] my people <05971>_, and thy God <0430> my God <0430>_: {Intreat...: or, Be not against me}
17Where thou diest <04191> (8799)_, will I die <04191> (8799)_, and there will I be buried <06912> (8735)_: the LORD <03068> do <06213> (8799) so to me, and more <03254> (8686) also, [if ought] but death <04194> part <06504> (8686) thee and me.
18When she saw <07200> (8799) that she was stedfastly minded <0553> (8693) to go <03212> (8800) with her, then she left <02308> (8799) speaking <01696> (8763) unto her. {was...: Heb. strengthened herself}
19So they two <08147> went <03212> (8799) until they came <0935> (8800) to Bethlehem <01035>_. And it came to pass, when they were come <0935> (8800) to Bethlehem <01035>_, that all the city <05892> was moved <01949> (8735) about them, and they said <0559> (8799)_, [Is] this Naomi <05281>_?
20And she said <0559> (8799) unto them, Call <07121> (8799) me not Naomi <05281>_, call <07121> (8798) me Mara <04755>_: for the Almighty <07706> hath dealt very <03966> bitterly <04843> (8689) with me. {Naomi: that is, Pleasant} {Mara: that is, Bitter}
21I went out <01980> (8804) full <04392>_, and the LORD <03068> hath brought me home again <07725> (8689) empty <07387>_: why [then] call <07121> (8799) ye me Naomi <05281>_, seeing the LORD <03068> hath testified <06030> (8804) against me, and the Almighty <07706> hath afflicted <07489> (8689) me?
22So Naomi <05281> returned <07725> (8799)_, and Ruth <07327> the Moabitess <04125>_, her daughter in law <03618>_, with her, which returned <07725> (8804) out of the country <07704> of Moab <04124>_: and they came <0935> (8804) to Bethlehem <01035> in the beginning <08462> of barley <08184> harvest <07105>_.