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Ruth 1:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they lifted up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
their voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
, and wept again
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: and Orpah
`Orpah (Hebrew #6204)
mane; Orpah, a Moabites
KJV usage: Orpah.
Pronounce: or-paw'
Origin: feminine of 6203
kissed
nashaq (Hebrew #5401)
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
KJV usage: armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 5400, through the idea of fastening up; compare 2388, 2836)
her mother in law
chamowth (Hebrew #2545)
feminine of 2524; a mother-in-law
KJV usage: mother in law.
Pronounce: kham-oth'
Origin: or (shortened) chamoth {kham-oth'}
; but Ruth
Ruwth (Hebrew #7327)
friend; Ruth, a Moabitess
KJV usage: Ruth.
Pronounce: rooth
Origin: probably for 7468
clave
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
t unto her.
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Prov. 17:17• 17The friend loveth at all times{HR}And is a brother born for adversity. (Prov. 17:17)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Orpah.
Gen. 31:28,55• 28and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.
 55And Laban rose early in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban went and returned to his place. (Gen. 31:28,55)
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1 Kings 19:20• 20And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? (1 Kings 19:20)
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Matt. 10:37• 37{i}He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.{/i} (Matt. 10:37)
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Matt. 19:22• 22{i}But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.{/i} (Matt. 19:22)
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Mark 10:21‑22• 21And Jesus beholding him loved him, {i}and{/i} said to him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatever thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me, [taking up the cross].
 22But he, sad at the word, went away grieved: for he had large possessions. (Mark 10:21‑22)
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2 Tim. 4:10• 10for Demas, having loved the present age, forsook me and went unto Thessalonica; Crescens unto Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. (2 Tim. 4:10)
but Ruth.The LXX. add, [kai epestrepsen eis ton laon autes,] "and returned to her own people."
The Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic are to the same purpose.
It seems a very natural addition, and agrees with the assertion in the next verse; and is accordingly adopted by Houbigant as a part of the text.
Deut. 4:4• 4But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day. (Deut. 4:4)
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Deut. 10:20• 20{i}Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.{/i} (Deut. 10:20)
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Prov. 17:17• 17The friend loveth at all times{HR}And is a brother born for adversity. (Prov. 17:17)
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Prov. 18:24• 24A man of friends cometh to ruin;{HR}But there is a lover sticking closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)
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Isa. 14:1• 1For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and rest them in their own land: and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. (Isa. 14:1)
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Zech. 8:23• 23{i}Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:{/i} in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:23)
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Matt. 16:24• 24{i}Then Jesus said to his disciples, If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.{/i} (Matt. 16:24)
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John 6:66‑69• 66From that [time] many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.
 67Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Do ye also wish to go away?
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? Thou hast words of life eternal;
 69and we have believed and known that thou art the Holy One of God. (John 6:66‑69)
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Acts 17:34• 34But some clave to him and believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. (Acts 17:34)
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Heb. 10:39• 39But we are not of drawing back unto perdition but of faith unto soul-saving. (Heb. 10:39)
• If Orpah shows us the failings of nature, Ruth certainly the power of grace. (“Ruth 1” by W. Kelly)
• it is possible to have a very amiable character without having faith. Faith makes a gulf between these two women who are so similar in so many ways. Confronted with impossibilities, the natural heart draws back, whereas faith is nourished on impossibilities and so increases in strength. (“Ruth 1” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.

W. Kelly Translation

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And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.

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.)