Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, New Living Translation The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later, English Standard Version These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years, Berean Standard Bible who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years, King James Bible 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 King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible And they took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other, Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. NASB 1995 They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. NASB 1977 And they took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. Legacy Standard Bible They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. Amplified Bible They took wives from the Moabite women; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years; Christian Standard Bible Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about ten years, Holman Christian Standard Bible Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about 10 years, American Standard Version 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 dwelt there about ten years. Contemporary English Version Later, Naomi's sons married Moabite women. One was named Orpah and the other Ruth. About ten years later, English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Each son married a woman from Moab. One son married a woman named Orpah, and the other son married a woman named Ruth. They lived there for about ten years. Good News Translation who married Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. About ten years later International Standard Version Each of her sons married Moabite women: one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. After they lived there about ten years, Majority Standard Bible who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years, NET Bible So her sons married Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.) And they continued to live there about ten years. New Heart English Bible And they took for themselves wives from the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years. Webster's Bible Translation And they took to 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. World English Bible They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the first [is] Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years. Young's Literal Translation and they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the one is Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years. Smith's Literal Translation And they will take to them wives from the Moabitesses; the name of the one, Orpah, and the name of the second, Ruth: and they will dwell there about ten years. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they took wives of the women of Moab, of which one was called Orpha, and the other Ruth. And they dwelt there ten years. Catholic Public Domain Version They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years. New American Bible They married Moabite women, one named Orpah, the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years, New Revised Standard Version These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they took them wives of the Moabite women; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they took to themselves wives, Moabites; the name of one, Arpha and the name of the other, Ruth, and they dwelt there about ten years OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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 dwelt there about ten years. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they took to themselves wives, women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpha, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Naomi Becomes a Widow…3Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons, 4who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years, 5both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.… Cross References Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. 1 Kings 11:1-2 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. Nehemiah 13:23-27 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ... Ezra 9:1-2 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” Genesis 24:3-4 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, / but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.” Genesis 26:34-35 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. / And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah. Genesis 28:1-2 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. / “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. Judges 3:5-6 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? Matthew 1:5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, 1 Kings 16:31 And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal. Joshua 23:12-13 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. Malachi 2:11 Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas? Treasury of Scripture 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. wives Deuteronomy 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. Deuteronomy 23:3 An 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 11:1,2 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; … Jump to Previous Abode Dwell Dwelled Dwelt Married Moab Moabite Moabitish Orpah Ruth Second Ten Themselves Wives WomenJump to Next Abode Dwell Dwelled Dwelt Married Moab Moabite Moabitish Orpah Ruth Second Ten Themselves Wives WomenRuth 1 1. Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there4. Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also 6. Naomi, returning homeward 8. dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her 14. Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her 19. The two come to Bethlehem, where they are gladly received They took Moabite women as their wives This phrase highlights a significant cultural and religious decision. The Hebrew word for "took" (לָקַח, laqach) implies a deliberate choice, indicating that Mahlon and Chilion actively chose to marry women from Moab, a nation often at odds with Israel. The Moabites descended from Lot and were historically seen as outsiders to the Israelite community. This decision reflects the dire circumstances in which Elimelech's family found themselves, as they sought survival in a foreign land. It also sets the stage for the unfolding of God's providential plan, as these unions, particularly with Ruth, become pivotal in the lineage of David and ultimately Jesus Christ. Moabite women one named Orpah and the other named Ruth And after they had lived in Moab about ten years Ruth.--This name will mean either "comeliness" or "companion." according to the spelling of which we suppose the present name to be a contraction. The Syriac spelling supports the latter view. Ruth was the wife of Mahlon (Ruth 4:10), apparently the elder sou. The Targum calls Ruth the daughter of Eglon, king of Moab, obviously from the wish to exalt the dignity of Ruth. Verse 4. - And they took to themselves wives of the women of Moab. It was their own act. Josephus, reproducing the narrative from memory, represents the event as occurring in the father's lifetime, and as brought about by his arrangement. He says of Elimelech, "Coming into the territory of Moab, he sojourns there, and, things pros-paring according to his mind, he gives in marriage to his sons (ἄγεται τοῖς υἱοῖς) Moabitish wives." Theological critics have here again raised the question, Was it sinful in these emigrant Hebrews to take in marriage daughters of the land? The Chaldee Targumist did not hesitate in his decision. He begins his paraphrase of the verse, thus - "And they transgressed the edict of the word of the Lord, and took to themselves alien wives of the daughters of Mesh." Dr. Thomas Fuller represents Naomi as passionately remonstrating with her sons. He says of himself, "My mouth denieth to be the orator of an unjust action." "Nothing can be brought," he adds, "for the defense of these matches. Something may be said for the excuse of them, but that fetched not from piety, but from policy." It is note worthy, however, that in the text itself, and throughout the entire Book, there is nothing of the nature of condemnation, not the least hint of blame. There was a law, indeed, which laid an interdict upon marriages with Canaanites (see Deuteronomy 7:3). But these Canaanites occupied a peculiar relation to the Hebrews. They were within the line of that Canaan which had become the land of Israel. Israelites and Canaanites were thus living within the same borders as rival claimants of the same territory. It was no wonder that the Canaanites' claim was not to be recognized by the Hebrews. The Moabites, however, living within the lines or "coasts" of their own distinct territory, stood in quite a different relation. And while, for purity's sake, great restrictions were to be laid upon all overtures for naturalization (Deuteronomy 23:3-6), yet the law could never he intended to apply to the families of Hebrews who were settlers in Moab, or to Moabitish females living in their own land, and rather awarding than seeking the prerogatives' of natives. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. No doubt native Moabitish names. Much ingenuity has been expended on that of the more interesting person. Some have unwarrantably assumed that Ruth is a contraction of the Hebrew word רְעוּת meaning a female companion or friend. Still more unwarrantable, though more captivating to the aesthetic imagination, is the signification which is given to the word by Weruer and Eadie, namely, beauty. It is founded on an impossible derivation from the Hebrew רָאָה. Still more aesthetically captivating is the conjecture of Cassel, that the name is the ancient Semitic form of the Indo-European word rodon or rose. "At all events," says he, "the thought of Ruth as the Rose of Moab is in itself too attractive not to be proposed as a conjecture." It is certainly, most attractive and most admirable as a jeu d'esprit, but too imaginative to be vindicated on grounds of comparative philology. And they dwelt there. Or, "settled themselves there; literally, "sat them." We still call a gentleman's mansion his seat. About ten years, which, however, are treated by the writer as a mere blank in his story. 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Hebrew who tookוַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (way·yiś·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take Moabite מֹֽאֲבִיּ֔וֹת (mō·’ă·ḇî·yō·wṯ) Noun - proper - feminine plural Strong's 4125: Moabite -- descendant of Moab women as their wives, נָשִׁים֙ (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female one הָֽאַחַת֙ (hā·’a·ḥaṯ) Article | Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first named שֵׁ֤ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8034: A name Orpah עָרְפָּ֔ה (‘ā·rə·pāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6204: Orpah -- sister-in-law of Ruth and the other הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית (haš·šê·nîṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number) named וְשֵׁ֥ם (wə·šêm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8034: A name Ruth. ר֑וּת (rūṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7327: Ruth -- 'friendship', a Moabite ancestress of David And after they had lived וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in Moab שָׁ֖ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither about ten כְּעֶ֥שֶׂר (kə·‘e·śer) Preposition-k | Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 6235: Ten years, שָׁנִֽים׃ (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8141: A year Links Ruth 1:4 NIVRuth 1:4 NLT Ruth 1:4 ESV Ruth 1:4 NASB Ruth 1:4 KJV Ruth 1:4 BibleApps.com Ruth 1:4 Biblia Paralela Ruth 1:4 Chinese Bible Ruth 1:4 French Bible Ruth 1:4 Catholic Bible OT History: Ruth 1:4 They took them wives of the women (Ru Rut.) |
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