Thematic Bible
Ruth 1:1 (show verse)
It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Ruth 1:2 (show verse)
The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Ruth 1:3 (show verse)
Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Ruth 1:4 (show verse)
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.
Ruth 1:5 (show verse)
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
Ruth 1:6 (show verse)
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 how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
Ruth 1:7 (show verse)
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.
Ruth 1:8 (show verse)
Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
Ruth 1:9 (show verse)
The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth 1:10 (show verse)
They said to her, "No, but we will return with you to your people."
Ruth 1:11 (show verse)
Naomi said, "Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Ruth 1:12 (show verse)
Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, 'I have hope,' if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
Ruth 1:13 (show verse)
would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD has gone out against me."
Ruth 1:14 (show verse)
They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
Ruth 1:15 (show verse)
She said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.
Ruth 1:16 (show verse)
Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
Ruth 1:17 (show verse)
where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
Ruth 1:18 (show verse)
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
Ruth 1:19 (show verse)
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they asked, "Is this Naomi?"
Ruth 1:20 (show verse)
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Marah; for Shaddai has dealt very bitterly with me.
Ruth 1:21 (show verse)
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 Shaddai has afflicted me?"
Ruth 1:22 (show verse)
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.