Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah. New Living Translation With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah. English Standard Version So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. Berean Study Bible Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. New American Standard Bible So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. NASB 1995 So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. NASB 1977 So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. Amplified Bible So she left the place where she was living, her two daughters-in-law with her, and they started on the way back to the land of Judah. Christian Standard Bible She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah. Holman Christian Standard Bible She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah. American Standard Version And 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they went out from the land of their habitation, she and her two daughters in law with her, to return and to go to the land of Yehuda Brenton Septuagint Translation And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her: and they went by the way to return to the land of Juda. Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore she went forth out of the place of her sojournment, with both her daughters in law: and being now in the way to return into the land of Juda, Good News Translation They started out together to go back to Judah, but on the way International Standard Version So she left the place where she had been, along with her two daughters-in-law, and they traveled along the return road to the land of Judah. JPS Tanakh 1917 And 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. Literal Standard Version And she goes out from the place where she has been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to return to the land of Judah. New American Bible She and her two daughters-in-law left the place where they had been living. On the road back to the land of Judah, NET Bible Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah, New Revised Standard Version So she set out from the place where she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law, and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah. New Heart English Bible 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 to the land of Judah. World English Bible 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 to the land of Judah. Young's Literal Translation And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah. Additional Translations ... Context Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi6When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab. 7Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah. 8Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.… Cross References Ruth 1:6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab. Ruth 1:8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back, each of you to your mother's home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me. Treasury of Scripture Why 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 to the land of Judah. she went 2 Kings 8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. they went Ruth 1:10,14 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people… Exodus 18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
(7) Her two daughters in law with her.--Both clearly purposing to go with Naomi to the land of Israel (Ruth 1:10), not merely to escort her a little way. Naomi had obviously won the affections of her daughters-in-law, and they were loth to part with her, since such a parting could hardly but be final.Verse 7. - And so she went forth out of the place where she was. There is no attempt on the part of the writer to localize the spot. And her two daughters-in-law with her. They had kept, it seems, on terms of affectionate sympathy with their mother-in-law. The jealousies that so often disturb the peace of households had no place within the bounds of Naomi's jurisdiction. The home of which she was the matronly center had been kept in its own beautiful orbit by the law of mutual respect, deference, affection, and esteem - the law that insures happiness to both the loving and the loved. "If there were more Naomis," says Lawson, "there might be more Orpahs and Ruths." And they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. Having left her Moabitish abode, and got into the frequented track which led in the direction of her native land, she journeyed onward for a stage or two, accompanied by her daughters-in-law. Such is the picture. It must be subsumed in it that her daughters-in-law had made up their minds to go with her to the land of her nativity. The subject had been often talked over and discussed. Naomi would from time to time start objections to their kind intention. They, on their part, would try to remove her difficulties, and would insist on accompanying her. So the three widows journeyed onward together, walking. Adversity had pressed hard on their attenuated resources, and they would not be encumbered with burdensome baggage. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So she leftוַתֵּצֵ֗א (wat·tê·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim the place הַמָּקוֹם֙ (ham·mā·qō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition where אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that she was, הָיְתָה־ (hā·yə·ṯāh-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be accompanied עִמָּ֑הּ (‘im·māh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with by her two וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (ū·šə·tê) Conjunctive waw | Number - fdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) daughters-in-law, כַלֹּתֶ֖יהָ (ḵal·lō·ṯe·hā) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3618: Daughter-in-law, bride and set out וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה (wat·tê·laḵ·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk on the road בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ (ḇad·de·reḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action leading back לָשׁ֖וּב (lā·šūḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the land אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Judah. יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites Jump to Previous Daughters Daughters-In-Law Departed Judah Road Turn Way WhereforeJump to Next Daughters Daughters-In-Law Departed Judah Road Turn Way WhereforeLinks Ruth 1:7 NIVRuth 1:7 NLT Ruth 1:7 ESV Ruth 1:7 NASB Ruth 1:7 KJV Ruth 1:7 BibleApps.com Ruth 1:7 Biblia Paralela Ruth 1:7 Chinese Bible Ruth 1:7 French Bible Ruth 1:7 Catholic Bible OT History: Ruth 1:7 She went forth out of the place (Ru Rut.) |
   
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