1
H3117
Now it came to pass in the days
H8199 [H8802]
when the judges
H8199 [H8800]
ruled,
H7458
that there was a famine
H776
in the land.
H376
And a certain man
H1035 H3063
of Bethlehemjudah
H3212 [H8799]
went
H1481 [H8800]
to dwell
H7704
in the country
H4124
of Moab,
H802
he, and his wife,
H8147
and his two
H1121
sons.
2
H8034
And the name
H376
of the man
H458
was Elimelech,
H8034
and the name
H802
of his wife
H5281
Naomi,
H8034
and the name
H8147
of his two
H1121
sons
H4248
Mahlon
H3630
and Chilion,
H673
Ephrathites
H1035 H3063
of Bethlehemjudah.
H935 [H8799]
And they came
H7704
into the country
H4124
of Moab, and continued there.
3
H458
And Elimelech
H5281
Naomi's
H376
husband
H4191 [H8799]
died;
H7604 [H8735]
and she was left,
H8147
and her two
H1121
sons.
4
H5375 [H8799]
And they took
H802
for themselves wives
H802
of the women
H4125
of Moab;
H8034
the name
H259
of the one
H6204
was Orpah,
H8034
and the name
H8145
of the other
H7327
Ruth:
H3427 [H8799]
and they dwelt
H6235
there about ten
H8141
years.
5
H4248
And Mahlon
H3630
and Chilion
H4191 [H8799]
died
H8147
also both
H802
of them; and the woman
H7604 [H8735]
was left
H8147
without her two
H3206
sons
H376
and her husband.
6
H6965 [H8799]
Then she arose
H3618
with her daughters in law,
H7725 [H8799]
that she might return
H7704
from the country
H4124
of Moab:
H8085 [H8804]
for she had heard
H7704
in the country
H4124
of Moab
H3068
how that the LORD
H6485 [H8804]
had visited
H5971
his people
H5414 [H8800]
in giving
H3899
them food.
7
H3318 [H8799]
Therefore she went forth
H4725
from the place
H8147
where she was, and her two
H3618
daughters in law
H3212 [H8799]
with her; and they went
H1870
on the way
H7725 [H8800]
to return
H776
to the land
H3063
of Judah.
8
H5281
And Naomi
H559 [H8799]
said
H8147
to her two
H3618
daughters in law,
H3212 [H8798]
Go,
H7725 [H8798]
return
H802
each
H517
to her mother's
H1004
house:
H3068
the LORD
H6213 [H8799]
deal
H2617
mercifully
H6213 [H8804]
with you, as ye have dealt
H4191 [H8801]
with the dead, and with me.
9
H3068
The LORD
H5414 [H8799]
give
H4672 [H8798]
you that ye may find
H4496
rest,
H802
each
H1004
of you in the house
H376
of her husband.
H5401 [H8799]
Then she kissed
H5375 [H8799]
them; and they lifted up
H6963
their voice,
H1058 [H8799]
and wept.
10
H559 [H8799]
And they said
H7725 [H8799]
to her, Surely we will return
H5971
with thee to thy people.
11
H5281
And Naomi
H559 [H8799]
said,
H7725 [H8798]
Turn again,
H1323
my daughters:
H3212 [H8799]
why will ye go
H1121
with me? are there yet any more sons
H4578
in my womb,
H582
that they may be your husbands?
12
H7725 [H8798]
Turn again,
H1323
my daughters,
H3212 [H8798]
go
H2204 [H8804]
your way; for I am too old
H376
to have an husband.
H559 [H8804]
If I should say,
H3426
I have
H8615
hope,
H376
if I should have an husband
H3915
also to night,
H3205 [H8804]
and should also bear
H1121
sons;
13
H7663 [H8762]
Would ye wait
H3860
for them
H1431 [H8799]
till they should be grown?
H5702 [H8735]
would ye restrain
H3860
yourselves
H376
from having husbands?
H1323
nay, my daughters;
H4843 [H8804]
for it grieveth
H3966
me much
H3027
for your sakes that the hand
H3068
of the LORD
H3318 [H8804]
hast gone out against me.
14
H5375 [H8799]
And they lifted up
H6963
their voice,
H1058 [H8799]
and wept again:
H6204
and Orpah
H5401 [H8799]
kissed
H2545
her mother in law;
H7327
but Ruth
H1692 [H8804]
clung to her.
15
H559 [H8799]
And she said,
H2994
Behold, thy sister in law
H7725 [H8804]
hath gone back
H5971
to her people,
H430
and to her gods:
H7725 [H8798]
return
H310
thou after
H2994
thy sister in law.
16
H7327
And Ruth
H559 [H8799]
said,
H6293 [H8799]
Entreat
H5800 [H8800]
me not to leave
H7725 [H8800]
thee, or to turn away
H310
from following
H3212 [H8799]
thee: for where thou goest,
H3212 [H8799]
I will go;
H3885 [H8799]
and where thou lodgest,
H3885 [H8799]
I will lodge:
H5971
thy people
H5971
shall be my people,
H430
and thy God
H430
my God:
17
H4191 [H8799]
Where thou diest,
H4191 [H8799]
will I die,
H6912 [H8735]
and there will I be buried:
H3068
the LORD
H6213 [H8799]
do
H3254 [H8686]
so to me, and more
H4194
also, if any thing but death
H6504 [H8686]
shall part thee and me.
18
H7200 [H8799]
When she saw
H553 [H8693]
that she was steadfastly resolved
H3212 [H8800]
to go
H2308 [H8799]
with her, then she finished
H1696 [H8763]
speaking to her.
19
H8147
So they two
H3212 [H8799]
went
H935 [H8800]
until they came
H1035
to Bethlehem.
H935 [H8800]
And it came to pass, when they had come
H1035
to Bethlehem,
H5892
that all the city
H1949 [H8735]
was in an uproar
H559 [H8799]
about them, and they said,
H5281
Is this Naomi?
20
H559 [H8799]
And she said
H7121 [H8799]
to them, Call
H5281
me not Naomi,
H7121 [H8798]
call
H4755
me Mara:
H7706
for the Almighty
H3966
hath dealt very
H4843 [H8689]
bitterly with me.