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路得记 1-4
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路得记 1-4
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以利米勒与妻儿迁居摩押
1 在士师统治期间，国内发生了饥荒。有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子，从犹大的伯利恒前往摩押地去，寄居在那里。 2 这个人名叫以利米勒，妻子名叫拿俄米，两个儿子叫玛伦和基连，都是犹大伯利恒的以法他人。他们到了摩押地，就在那里住下来了。 3 后来拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒去世了，留下她和两个儿子。 4 他们娶了摩押女子作妻子，一个名叫俄耳巴，一个名叫路得。他们在那里住了约有十年。 5 后来，玛伦和基连二人也死了，留下拿俄米，既没有了两个儿子，又没有了丈夫。
拿俄米与路得同返伯利恒
6 拿俄米还在摩押地的时候，因为听说耶和华眷顾他的子民，赐粮食给他们，就带着两个媳妇动身从摩押地回来。 7 她离开居住的地方，两个媳妇也随她出发，要回到犹大地去。 8 拿俄米对两个媳妇说：“去吧，你们还是各自回娘家吧。愿耶和华恩待你们，像你们善待已死的人和我一样。 9 愿耶和华使你们各人有机会再嫁（“有机会再嫁”原文作“在丈夫家里”），找到归宿。”跟着亲吻她们，她们就发声大哭， 10 说：“不，我们一定要跟你一起回到你同胞那里去。” 11 拿俄米说：“我女儿啊，你们回去吧，为甚么要跟我去呢？我肚子里还有儿子作你们的丈夫吗？ 12 走吧，我女儿啊，你们回去吧，因为我太老，不能嫁人了，就算我说我还有希望今天晚上有个丈夫，又生儿子， 13 你们可以等到他们长大吗？你们可以为他们守节而不嫁人吗？不行，我女儿啊，我为你们非常难过，因为耶和华伸手对付我。” 14 她们又放声大哭。俄耳巴就和婆婆吻别，路得却舍不得离开拿俄米。
15 拿俄米说：“你看，你嫂嫂已经回到她同胞和她的神那里去了。你也跟着嫂嫂回去吧。” 16 路得说：“请不要逼我离开你回去，不跟从你。你到哪里去，我也要到哪里去；你在哪里过夜，我也要在哪里过夜；你的同胞就是我的同胞，你的 神就是我的 神； 17 你死在哪里，我也要死在哪里，葬在哪里。除非死亡把你我分离；如果我离开你，愿耶和华加倍惩罚我。” 18 拿俄米看路得坚决要跟她走，就不再多费唇舌了。
19 她们双双上路，来到伯利恒。她们到达的时候，全城都因她们的缘故骚动起来。妇女们说：“这是拿俄米吗？” 20 拿俄米对她们说：“不要叫我拿俄米，叫我玛拉吧，因为全能者使我吃尽了苦头。 21 我满满地出去，耶和华却使我空空地回来，你们为甚么还叫我拿俄米呢？耶和华折磨我，全能者加害于我。”
22 拿俄米就这样回来了。她媳妇摩押女子路得随着她从摩押地回来。她们到达伯利恒，正是开始收割大麦的时候。
路得在波阿斯的田里捡拾麦穗
2 拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒有个同族的亲戚，名叫波阿斯，是个大财主。 2 摩押女子路得对拿俄米说：“让我到田里去，我在谁的眼前蒙恩，我就跟在谁的背后捡麦穗。”拿俄米说：“女儿啊，你尽管去。” 3 路得就去了，来到田里，在收割的人背后捡麦穗。她恰巧来到以利米勒同族的人波阿斯那块田。 4 波阿斯刚好从伯利恒来，对收割的人说：“愿耶和华与你们同在。”他们回答：“愿耶和华赐福与你。” 5 波阿斯问那监督收割的仆人：“那是谁家的姑娘呢？” 6 监督收割的仆人回答：“她是跟拿俄米从摩押地回来的摩押女子。 7 她说：‘请让我捡一点麦穗吧。让我跟在收割的人背后，在禾捆堆中捡些零碎的穗子。’于是她来了。除了在房子里休息了一会儿之外，从早晨到现在一直都留在这里。”
波阿斯厚待路得
8 波阿斯对路得说：“女儿啊，听我说，不要到别人田里去捡麦穗，也不要离开这里，要常常与我的女佣人在一起。 9 你看他们在哪块田里收割，就跟着女佣人去。我不是已经吩咐仆人不可欺负你吗？假如你渴了，就到水缸那里去，喝仆人打来的水。” 10 路得就俯伏在地叩拜，对他说：“我是个外族人，为甚么会在你眼前蒙恩，蒙你关照呢？” 11 波阿斯回答她说：“自从你丈夫去世以后，你对婆婆所行的，和你怎样离开父母与出生之地，来到素来不认识的人中间，这一切我都知道得很清楚了。 12 愿耶和华照你所作的报答你；你来投靠在耶和华以色列 神的翅膀下，愿他充充足足酬报你。” 13 路得说：“主人啊，但愿我在你眼前蒙恩，虽然我连你的婢女都不是，你还是安慰我，对我这么好。”
14 到了吃饭的时候，波阿斯对路得说：“你过来，吃一点饼吧，拿饼块蘸在醋里。”路得就在收割的人旁边坐下来。波阿斯把一些烘好的麦穗递给她，她吃饱了，还有剩下的。 15 她再起来去捡麦穗的时候，波阿斯吩咐仆人说：“就算她在禾捆堆中捡麦穗，也不可以辱骂她。 16 甚至要故意为她从禾捆中抽些出来，留给她去捡，千万不可责备她。”
路得把一切经过告诉拿俄米
17 路得就这样在田里捡麦穗，直到傍晚。她把捡来的麦穗打了，约有二十二公升大麦， 18 然后带回城里去。路得把捡来的麦子拿给婆婆看，把吃剩的给了婆婆。 19 婆婆问她：“你今天在哪里捡麦穗？在哪里工作呢？愿那关照你的人蒙福。”路得就告诉婆婆她在谁那里工作，说：“我今天在一个名叫波阿斯的人那里工作。” 20 拿俄米对媳妇说：“愿不断施慈爱给活人和死人的耶和华赐福给他。”拿俄米又对她说：“这个人是我们的亲人，有买赎权的一位近亲。” 21 摩押女子路得说：“他还告诉我：‘紧跟着我的仆人捡麦穗，直到全部收割完毕。’” 22 拿俄米对媳妇路得说：“我女儿啊，这样才好，要与他的女佣人一起去，免得在别人的田里遭受敌视。” 23 她就紧跟着波阿斯的女佣人捡麦穗，直到大麦和小麦都收割好了。路得一直与婆婆住在一起。
拿俄米劝路得改嫁
3 路得的婆婆拿俄米对她说：“女儿啊，我不是应当为你找个归宿，使你得到幸福吗？ 2 你常常和他的女佣人在一起的波阿斯不是我们的亲戚吗？他今天晚上要在禾场上簸大麦。 3 你洗个澡，抹上香膏，穿上斗篷，就下到禾场去。不过，那个人还没有吃喝完毕，别让他认出你来。 4 等到他躺下来，你要弄清楚他所躺的地方，进去掀露他的脚，然后躺下去。他就会告诉你该作甚么。” 5 路得对她说：“你吩咐的，我就去作。”
路得独往禾场夜访波阿斯
6 于是，她下到禾场去，照着婆婆吩咐的一切去作。 7 波阿斯吃喝完了，心里舒畅，就去躺在麦堆的旁边。路得悄悄地来，掀露他的脚，躺卧下去。 8 到了夜半，波阿斯惊醒过来，一翻身就看到一个女子躺在他的脚边， 9 就说：“你是谁？”她回答：“我是你的婢女路得，请用你的衣襟遮盖你的婢女，因为你是我一个有买赎权的近亲。” 10 波阿斯说：“我女儿，愿你蒙耶和华赐福。你末后表现的爱心比起初更大，因为年轻人无论贫富，你都没有跟从。 11 我女儿，现在你不要怕，你所说的，我一定去作。本城的人都知道你是个贤慧的女人。 12 不错，我是你那有买赎权的近亲，可惜还有一个有买赎权的近亲比我更亲。 13 今晚你就在这里过夜，明早如果他肯尽买赎你的本分，好，就由他来履行；假如他不愿意这样作，我指着永活的耶和华起誓，我一定尽买赎你的本分。你只管躺到天亮吧。”
14 路得躺在波阿斯脚边直到早晨。因为波阿斯说过不可以让人知道有女人来过禾场，路得就趁天色未明，人们彼此无法辨认的时候就起来。 15 他又说：“拿你所披的外衣来，把它打开。”她打开了，他就量了六簸箕大麦，放在她的肩上。路得就进城去。
路得将一切事情告诉拿俄米
16 到她婆婆那里，婆婆就问：“我女儿，怎样了？”路得就把那人对她所作的一切都告诉了婆婆， 17 又说：“他给我这六簸箕大麦，对我说：‘不要空手去见你婆婆。’” 18 拿俄米说：“我女儿，你尽管安静等候，直到你知道事情怎样了结，因为那人今天不把事情办妥，绝不歇息。”
波阿斯娶路得
4 波阿斯到了城门，坐在那里，波阿斯所说那个有买赎权的近亲刚巧路过那里。波阿斯说：“喂，老兄，过来坐一下吧。”他就过去坐下来了。 2 波阿斯又邀请城里的十个长老，对他们说：“请坐在这里。”他们就坐下来了。 3 他对那那个有买赎权的近亲说：“从摩押地回来的拿俄米，现在要卖我们族兄以利米勒的那块地； 4 我想把这一件事告诉你，请你众民的长老，还有在座的各位面前，把它买下来吧。如果你肯赎就赎，假如不肯，就说出来，让我知道；因为除了你当赎它之外，我是第一候补。”那人说：“我肯赎。” 5 波阿斯说：“你从拿俄米手中买下那块地的时候，你也得娶（“娶”原文作“买”）已死的人的妻子摩押女子路得，使已死的人的名字留在他的产业上。” 6 那有买赎权的近亲说：“那我就不能赎它了，只怕损害了我的产业。你可以赎我当赎的，因为我没有办法赎了。”
7 从前在以色列，无论买赎或是交易，决定甚么事，当事人就要脱鞋给对方。这是以色列中作证的方式。 8 那有买赎权的近亲对波阿斯说：“你自己买下来吧。”就把鞋脱下来。 9 波阿斯对长老和众人说：“今天你们都是见证人，所有属于以利米勒、基连和玛伦的，我都从拿俄米手中买下来了。 10 我也娶了（“娶了”原文作“买了”）玛伦的妻子摩押女子路得作妻子，使已死的人的名字留在他的产业上，免得他的名字在本族本乡中除掉。今天你们都是见证人。” 11 聚集在城门的众人和长老都说：“我们都是见证人。愿耶和华使进你家的这女人，像建立以色列家的拉结和利亚二人一样。愿你在以法他显大，在伯利恒扬名。 12 愿耶和华从这少妇赐你后裔，使你的家像他玛从犹大所生法勒斯的家一般。”
大卫的家谱
13 于是波阿斯娶了路得作妻子，与她亲近。耶和华使她怀孕生了一个儿子。 14 妇女对拿俄米说：“耶和华是应当称颂的，因为他今天没有断绝你有买赎权的近亲，愿他在以色列中扬名。 15 他必苏醒你的生命，养你的老，因为他是爱你的媳妇所生的；有她比有七个儿子更好。” 16 拿俄米把孩子接过来，抱在怀中，作他的保姆。 17 邻近的妇女要给他起名字，说：“拿俄米生了孩子了。”就给他起名叫俄备得；这俄备得是耶西的父亲，耶西是大卫的父亲。
18 以下是法勒斯的后代：法勒斯生希斯仑， 19 希斯仑生兰，兰生亚米拿达， 20 亚米拿达生拿顺，拿顺生撒门， 21 撒门生波阿斯，波阿斯生俄备得， 22 俄备得生耶西，耶西生大卫。
Ruth 1-4
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Ruth 1-4
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Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons
1 In the days when the judges ruled,[a](A) there was a famine in the land.(B) So a man from Bethlehem in Judah,(C) together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while(D) in the country of Moab.(E) 2 The man’s name was Elimelek,(F) his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.(G) They were Ephrathites(H) from Bethlehem,(I) Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women,(J) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.(K) After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion(L) also died,(M) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem
6 When Naomi heard in Moab(N) that the Lord had come to the aid of his people(O) by providing food(P) for them, she and her daughters-in-law(Q) prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.(R) May the Lord show you kindness,(S) as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands(T) and to me. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest(U) in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed(V) them goodbye and they wept aloud(W) 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?(X) 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up?(Y) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter(Z) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!(AA)”
14 At this they wept(AB) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law(AC) goodbye,(AD) but Ruth clung to her.(AE)
15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law(AF) is going back to her people and her gods.(AG) Go back with her.”
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(AH) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(AI) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(AJ) and your God my God.(AK) 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(AL) if even death separates you and me.”(AM) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(AN)
19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem.(AO) When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred(AP) because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 “Don’t call me Naomi,[b]” she told them. “Call me Mara,[c] because the Almighty[d](AQ) has made my life very bitter.(AR) 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(AS) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[e] me;(AT) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,(AU) her daughter-in-law,(AV) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest(AW) was beginning.(AX)
Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field
2 Now Naomi had a relative(AY) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(AZ) from the clan of Elimelek,(BA) whose name was Boaz.(BB)
2 And Ruth the Moabite(BC) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(BD) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(BE)”
Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” 3 So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(BF) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(BG)
4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(BH)”
“The Lord bless you!(BI)” they answered.
5 Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”
6 The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(BJ) who came back from Moab with Naomi. 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves(BK) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest(BL) in the shelter.”
8 So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”
10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(BM) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(BN)—a foreigner?(BO)”
11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law(BP) since the death of your husband(BQ)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know(BR) before.(BS) 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(BT) the God of Israel,(BU) under whose wings(BV) you have come to take refuge.(BW)”
13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(BX) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”
14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(BY) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”
When she sat down with the harvesters,(BZ) he offered her some roasted grain.(CA) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(CB) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(CC) and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke(CD) her.”
17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed(CE) the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[f](CF) 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over(CG) after she had eaten enough.
19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(CH)”
Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
20 “The Lord bless him!(CI)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(CJ) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(CK) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(CL) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[g](CM)”
21 Then Ruth the Moabite(CN) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”
22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”
23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley(CO) and wheat harvests(CP) were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor
3 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi(CQ) said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home[h](CR) for you, where you will be well provided for. 2 Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative(CS) of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.(CT) 3 Wash,(CU) put on perfume,(CV) and get dressed in your best clothes.(CW) Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.(CX) 4 When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do whatever you say,”(CY) Ruth answered. 6 So she went down to the threshing floor(CZ) and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.
7 When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,(DA) he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.(DB) Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. 8 In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!
9 “Who are you?” he asked.
“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment(DC) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[i](DD) of our family.”
10 “The Lord bless you,(DE) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:(DF) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.(DG) 12 Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,(DH) there is another who is more closely related than(DI) I. 13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,(DJ) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives(DK) I will do it.(DL) Lie here until morning.”
14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.(DM)”(DN)
15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl(DO) you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[j] went back to town.
16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”
Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her 17 and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
18 Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”(DP)
Boaz Marries Ruth
4 Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate(DQ) and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[k](DR) he had mentioned(DS) came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
2 Boaz took ten of the elders(DT) of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.(DU) 3 Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.(DV) 4 I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you[l] will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you,(DW) and I am next in line.”
“I will redeem it,” he said.
5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite,(DX) the[m] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”(DY)
6 At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem(DZ) it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”(EA)
7 (Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption(EB) and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal(EC) and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions(ED) in Israel.)(EE)
8 So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.(EF)
9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses(EG) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(EH) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(EI) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.(EJ) Today you are witnesses!(EK)”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(EL) said, “We are witnesses.(EM) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(EN) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(EO) and be famous in Bethlehem.(EP) 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,(EQ) whom Tamar(ER) bore to Judah.”
Naomi Gains a Son
13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive,(ES) and she gave birth to a son.(ET) 14 The women(EU) said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord,(EV) who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer.(EW) May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law,(EX) who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons,(EY) has given him birth.”
16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse,(EZ) the father of David.(FA)
The Genealogy of David(FB)
18 This, then, is the family line of Perez(FC):
Footnotes
- Ruth 1:1 Traditionally judged
- Ruth 1:20 Naomi means pleasant.
- Ruth 1:20 Mara means bitter.
- Ruth 1:20 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21
- Ruth 1:21 Or has testified against
- Ruth 2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).
- Ruth 3:1 Hebrew find rest (see 1:9)
- Ruth 3:9 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 12 and 13.
- Ruth 3:15 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac she
- Ruth 4:1 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 3, 6, 8 and 14.
- Ruth 4:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts he
- Ruth 4:5 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew (see also Septuagint) Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, you acquire the
- Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma
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