Ruth 1
New King James Version (NKJV)
Elimelech’s Family Goes to Moab
1 Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges
ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem,
Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
2 The name of the man was Elimelech,
the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon
and Chilion—Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the country of
Moab and remained there.
3 Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she
was left, and her two sons.
4 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.
5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the
woman survived her two sons and her husband.
Naomi Returns with Ruth
6 Then 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 that theLord had visited
His people by giving them bread.
7 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.
8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go,
return each to her mother’s house. The Lord deal
kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
9 The Lord grant
that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.”
So she kissed them, and
they lifted up their voices and wept.
10 And they
said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why
will you go with me?Are there still sons in my womb, that they may
be your husbands?
12 Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to
have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have
a husband tonight and should also bear sons,
13 would you wait for them till they were grown?
Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it
grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me!”
14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again;
and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone
back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”
16 But Ruth said:
“Entreat me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”
18 When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped
speaking to her.
19 Now the two of them went until they came to
Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city
was excited because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”
20 But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi;
call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with
me.
21 I went out full, and the Lord has brought me home again empty.
Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has
testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her
daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came
to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
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