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Good News Translation

Ruth 1:9

And may the Lord make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home." So Naomi kissed them good-bye. But they started crying

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   Parents;   Readings, Select;   Ruth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mahlon;   Orpah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Widow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Kiss;   Mourn;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kiss;   Orpah;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Kiss;   Naomi;   Orpah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Certain;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Rest (and forms);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May the Lord grant each of you rest in the house of a new husband.” She kissed them, and they wept loudly.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
May Yahweh grant that you find a resting place, each in the house of her husband." And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and cried.
English Standard Version
The Lord grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
New Century Version
May the Lord give you another happy home and a new husband." When Naomi kissed the women good-bye, they began to cry out loud.
New English Translation
May the Lord enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!" Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly.
Amplified Bible
"May the LORD grant that you find rest, each one in the home of her husband." Then she kissed them [goodbye], and they wept aloud.
New American Standard Bible
"May the LORD grant that you may find a place of rest, each one in the house of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they raised their voices and wept.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde graunt you, that you may finde rest, either of you in the house of her husbande. And when she kissed them, they lift vp their voice and wept.
Legacy Standard Bible
May Yahweh grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
Contemporary English Version
May he give each of you another husband and a home of your own." Naomi kissed them. They cried
Complete Jewish Bible
May Adonai grant you security in the home of a new husband." Then she kissed them, but they began weeping aloud.
Darby Translation
Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept.
Easy-to-Read Version
I pray that the Lord will help each of you find a husband and a good home." Naomi kissed her daughters-in-law, and they all started crying.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD grant you favor so that you may find rest in the house of your parents. Then she kissed them: and they lifted up their voices and wept.
Literal Translation
May Jehovah grant to you that you find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice and wept.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE graunte you, yt ye maie fynde rest ether of you in hir hußbades house (whom ye shal get) and she kyssed them. Then lift they vp their voyce, and wepte,
American Standard Version
Jehovah 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.
Bible in Basic English
May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lord geue you, that you may fynde rest, either of you in the house of her husbande. And when she kyssed them, they lift vp their voyce and wept,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord graunt you, that you may finde rest each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lift vp their voyce and wept.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord grant you that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
May the LORD enable each of you to find security in the home of your new husband." And she kissed them as they wept aloud
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the Lord yyue to you to fynde reste in the howsis of hosebondis, whiche ye schulen take. And sche kiste hem. Whiche bigunnen to wepe with `vois reisid,
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah doth grant to you, and find ye rest each in the house of her husband;' and she kisseth them, and they lift up their voice and weep.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
Yahweh 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.
New King James Version
The LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband." So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
New Living Translation
May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage." Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.
New Life Bible
May the Lord help you to find a home, each in the family of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they cried in loud voices.
New Revised Standard
The Lord grant that you may find security, each of you in the house of your husband." Then she kissed them, and they wept aloud.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh grant you, that ye may find a place of rest, each one in the house of her husband, - And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Douay-Rheims Bible
May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands whom you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep,
Revised Standard Version
The LORD grant that you may find a home, each of you in the house of her husband!" Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"May the LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

Contextual Overview

6 Some time later Naomi heard that the Lord had blessed his people by giving them good crops; so she got ready to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law. 7 They started out together to go back to Judah, but on the way 8 she said to them, "Go back home and stay with your mothers. May the Lord be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died. 9 And may the Lord make it possible for each of you to marry again and have a home." So Naomi kissed them good-bye. But they started crying 10 and said to her, "No! We will go with you to your people." 11 "You must go back, my daughters," Naomi answered. "Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry? 12 Go back home, for I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought there was still hope, and so got married tonight and had sons, 13 would you wait until they had grown up? Would this keep you from marrying someone else? No, my daughters, you know that's impossible. The Lord has turned against me, and I feel very sorry for you." 14 Again they started crying. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home, but Ruth held on to her. 15 So Naomi said to her, "Ruth, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Go back home with her."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rest: Ruth 3:1

she kissed: Genesis 27:27, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 45:15, Acts 20:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:16 - lift Genesis 31:28 - kiss Genesis 45:2 - wept aloud

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, when God created the universe,
Genesis 1:2
the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water.
Genesis 1:5
and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"—and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.
Genesis 1:8
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:11
Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 1:29
I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;
Job 26:7
God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord grant you,.... Some make a supplement here, the Targum a perfect reward, Aben Ezra an husband; and so Josephus says c, she wished them happier marriages than they had with her sons, who were so soon taken from them; but a supplement seems needless, for what follows is connected with the wish, and contains the sum of it:

that you may find rest; each of you:

in the house of her husband; that is, that they might each of them be blessed with a good husband, with whom they might live free from brawls and contentions, as well as from the distressing cares of life, having husbands to provide all things necessary for them, and so from all the sorrows and distresses of a widowhood estate:

then she kissed them; in token of her affection for them, and in order to part with them; it being usual then as now for relations and friends to kiss at parting:

and they lifted up their voice and wept; to think they must part, and never see one another more; their passions worked vehemently, and broke out in sobs, and sighs, and tears, and loud crying.

c Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 1.


 
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