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Ruth 1 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - And the name of the man is Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:3 - And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:4 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:5 - And they die also, both of them -- Mahlon and Chilion -- and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - And she riseth, she and her daughters-in-law, and turneth back from the fields of Moab, for she hath heard in the fields of Moab that God hath looked after His people, -- to give to them bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - And Naomi saith to her two daughters-in-law, 'Go, turn back, each to the house of her mother; Jehovah doth with you kindness as ye have done with the dead, and with me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - Jehovah doth grant to you, and find ye rest each in the house of her husband;' and she kisseth them, and they lift up their voice and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:10 - And they say to her, 'Surely with thee we go back to thy people.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11 - And Naomi saith, 'Turn back, my daughters; why do ye go with me? are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.'

Ruth's Loyalty

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:15 - And she saith, 'Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:16 - And Ruth saith, 'Urge me not to leave thee -- to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people is my people, and thy God my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:17 - Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add -- for death itself doth part between me and thee.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, 'Is this Naomi?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - And she saith unto them, 'Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement of barley-harvest.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Ruth Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras