The Book of Ruth.. Verse by Verse

[Glenda]

Rth 1:6 And she rose up, she and her daughters-in-law, and turned back from the fields of Moab. For she had heard in the fields of Moab that Jehovah had visited His people, to give food to them.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:7 (KJV) Wherefore 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 unto the land of Judah.

 

[worldwatcher]

Ruth 1:8
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:9 (KJV) The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 1:10 (KJV) And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:11 (KJV) And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

 

[Glenda]

Rth 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:13 (KJV) Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

 

[angelwind]

Ruth 1:14

Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 1:15 (KJV) And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:16 (KJV) And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:17 (KJV) Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

 

[doc329]

Ruth 1:18 (KJV) When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:19 (KJV) So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

 

[Glenda]

Rth 1:20 And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi. Call me Bitterness, for the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.

 

[barb754]

Ruth 1:21 (KJV) I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

 

[doc329]

Ruth 1:22 (KJV) So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

 

[angelwind]

Ruth 2:1

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a man of great wealth, of the family of elimelech; his name was Boaz.

 

[ChristianCandy]

[bible]Ruth 2:2[/bible]

 

[barb754]

Ruth 2:3 (KJV) And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.