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Ruth 1

Ruth 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now it came to pass in thea days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
when the judges
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
βruled
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
, that there was a famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
. And a certain man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of Bethlehem-judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
Beyth (Hebrew #1035)
house of bread; Beth- Lechem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-lehem.
Pronounce: Lechem
Origin: from 1004 and 3899
c went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
to sojourn
guwr (Hebrew #1481)
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: a primitive root
in the country
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
of Moab
Mow'ab (Hebrew #4124)
from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
KJV usage: Moab.
Pronounce: mo-awb
Origin: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m- and 1
, he, and his wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, and his two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
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Judg. 2:16• 16Nevertheless Jehovah raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. (Judg. 2:16)
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judged.
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Judg. 17:8• 8{i}And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.{/i} (Judg. 17:8)

More on:

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Famine,
Man,
Moab; Moabites,
Son,
Wife

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there.
4-5:  Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also.
6-7:  Naomi, returning homeward,
8-13:  dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her.
14-18:  Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her.
19-22:  They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received.
the judges.
Judg. 2:16• 16Nevertheless Jehovah raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. (Judg. 2:16)
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Judg. 12:8• 8{i}And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.{/i} (Judg. 12:8)
ruled.
Heb. judged.
a famine.
Gen. 12:10• 10{i}And{/i} there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. For the famine was grievous in the land. (Gen. 12:10)
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Gen. 26:1• 1And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar. (Gen. 26:1)
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Gen. 43:1• 1And the famine [was] grievous in the land. (Gen. 43:1)
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Lev. 26:19• 19and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as bronze; (Lev. 26:19)
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Deut. 28:23‑24,38• 23{i}And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.{/i}
 24{i}Jehovah will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust; from the heavens shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed.{/i}
 38{i}Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.{/i} (Deut. 28:23‑24,38)
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2 Sam. 21:1• 1{i}And there was a{/i} famine in the days of David three years, year after year; {i}and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said,{/i} It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. (2 Sam. 21:1)
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1 Kings 17:1‑12• 1{i}And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,{/i} there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
 2{i}And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,{/i}
 3{i}Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.{/i}
 4{i}And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and{/i} I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
 5So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah, for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
 6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening. {i}and he drank of the torrent.{/i}
 7{i}And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land{/i}.
 8{i}And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,{/i}
 9{i}Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.{/i}
 10{i}And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.{/i}
 11{i}And she went to fetch it, and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.{/i}
 12{i}And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.{/i} (1 Kings 17:1‑12)
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1 Kings 18:2• 2{i}And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab{/i}. (1 Kings 18:2)
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2 Kings 8:1‑2• 1{i}And Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying{/i}, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; {i}for Jehovah has called for a famine, and{/i} it shall come upon the land, for seven years.
 2And the woman arose and did after the saying of the man of God. And she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. (2 Kings 8:1‑2)
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Psa. 105:16• 16And he called a famine on the land;{HR}Every staff of bread he broke. (Psa. 105:16)
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Psa. 107:34• 34A fruitful land to saltness{HR}For the wickedness of those dwelling in it. (Psa. 107:34)
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Jer. 14:1• 1{i}The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.{/i} (Jer. 14:1)
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Ezek. 14:13,21• 13Son of man, if a land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
 21For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? (Ezek. 14:13,21)
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Joel 1:10‑11,16‑20• 10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
 11{i}Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.{/i}
 16{i}Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?{/i}
 17{i}The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.{/i}
 18{i}How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.{/i}
 19{i}To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.{/i}
 20{i}The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.{/i} (Joel 1:10‑11,16‑20)
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Amos 4:6• 6And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:6)
Beth-lehem-judah.
Judg. 17:8• 8{i}And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.{/i} (Judg. 17:8)
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Judg. 19:1‑2• 1And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
 2{i}And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, —four months.{/i} (Judg. 19:1‑2)
• The Israelites themselves, through sheer distress, are seen out of the land. This cannot be denied to have been a novel character of humiliation for Israel—that any who were particularly and publicly identified with the government of God over His people and His land should be forced to quit it because there was no bread to eat there. (“Ruth 1” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruleda, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the countryb of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

JND Translation Notes

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Shaphat, lit. "judged."
b
Lit. "fields," "farmlands," as ver. 6, and elsewhere. As 2 Kings 8.3,5.

W. Kelly Translation

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And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man in Bethlehem-Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)