Parallel Verses

New American 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.

King James 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.

Holman 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,

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,

A Conservative Version

And they took wives for them 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.

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.

Amplified

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;

Bible in Basic English

And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.

Darby Translation

And they took them Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode there about ten years.

Julia Smith 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.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {they took} for themselves Moabite wives. The name of the one [was] Orpah and the name of the other [was] Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.

Modern King James verseion

And they took wives for themselves 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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which took them wives of the nations of the Moabites: the one's name Orpah and the other's Ruth. And when they had dwelled there about a 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.

The Emphasized 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 dwelt there, about ten years.

Webster

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 them wives of 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.

Youngs 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And they took
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

of the women
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

of Moab
מואבית מואביּה מואבי 
Mow'abiy 
Usage: 16

the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

ערפּה 
`Orpah 
Usage: 2

and the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the other
שׁני 
Sheniy 
Usage: 156

רוּת 
Ruwth 
Usage: 12

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

עשׂרה עשׂר 
`eser 
Usage: 174

References

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Context Readings

Elimelech Takes His Family To Live In Moab

3 And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons, 4 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. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion both died also; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.


Cross References

Matthew 1:5

Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; Booz begat Obed of Ruth; Obed begat Jesse;

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,

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