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Wycliffe Bible

Ruth 1:7

Therfor sche yede out of the place of hir pilgrymage with euer either wijf of hir sones; and now sche was set in the weie of turnyng ayen in to the lond of Juda,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mahlon;   Orpah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Widow;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Orpah;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Naomi;   Orpah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Certain;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah.
Hebrew Names Version
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 to the land of Yehudah.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
So she set out from the place where she was and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
English Standard Version
So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
New Century Version
Naomi and her daughters-in-law left the place where they had lived and started back to the land of Judah.
New English Translation
Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah,
Amplified Bible
So she left the place where she was living, her two daughters-in-law with her, and they started on the way back to the land of Judah.
New American Standard Bible
So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore shee departed out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her, and they went on their way to returne vnto the land of Iudah.
Legacy Standard Bible
So she went forth from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
Complete Jewish Bible
She left the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law and took the road leading back to Y'hudah.
Darby Translation
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
Easy-to-Read Version
They left the place where they had been living and started walking back to the land of Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
So she went forth out of the place where they sojourned, along with her two daughters-in-law, to return and go to the land of Judah.
Good News Translation
They started out together to go back to Judah, but on the way
Literal Translation
And she went out from the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her. And they went in the way to return to the land of Judah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& so she departed from ye place where she was, & both hir sonnes wyues wt her. And as they wete by the waye to come agayne into the londe of Iuda,
American Standard Version
And 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.
Bible in Basic English
And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore she departed out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in lawe with her: And they went on their way to returne vnto the lande of Iuda.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And 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.
King James Version (1611)
Wherefore she went foorth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her: and they went on the way to returne vnto the land of Iudah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her: and they went by the way to return to the land of Juda.
English Revised Version
And 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.
Berean Standard Bible
Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
Young's Literal Translation
And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah.
Update Bible Version
And 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 to the land of Judah.
Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore she went forth from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
World English Bible
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 to the land of Judah.
New King James Version
Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
New Living Translation
With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
New Life Bible
So she left with her two daughters-in-law and went on the way toward the land of Judah.
New Revised Standard
So she set out from the place where she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law, and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So she went forth out of the dwelling-place where she had remained, and her two daughters-in-law with her, - and they went on the way, to return unto the land of Judah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore she went forth out of the place of her sojournment, with both her daughters in law: and being now in the way to return into the land of Juda,
Revised Standard Version
So she set out from the place where she was, with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

Contextual Overview

6 And sche roos to go with euer eithir wijf of hir sones in to hir cuntrey fro the cuntrey of Moab; for sche hadde herd, that the Lord hadde biholde his puple, and hadde youe `metis to hem. 7 Therfor sche yede out of the place of hir pilgrymage with euer either wijf of hir sones; and now sche was set in the weie of turnyng ayen in to the lond of Juda, 8 and sche seide to hem, Go ye in to `the hows of youre modir; the Lord do mercy with you, as ye diden with the deed men, and with me; 9 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, 10 and to seie, We schulen go with thee to thi puple. 11 To whiche sche answeride, My douytris, turne ye ayen, whi comen ye with me? Y haue no more sones in my wombe, that ye moun hope hosebondis of me; my douytris of Moab, turne ye ayen, and go; 12 for now Y am maad eeld, and Y am not able to boond of mariage; yhe, thouy Y myyte conseyue in this nyyt, 13 and bere sones, if ye wolen abide til thei wexen, and fillen the yeris of mariage, `ye schulen sunner be eld wymmen than ye schulen be weddid; I biseche, `nyle ye, my douytris, for youre angwische oppressith me more, and the hond of the Lord yede out ayens me. 14 Therfor, whanne the vois was reisid, eft thei bigunnen to wepe. Orpha kisside `the modir of hir hosebonde, and turnede ayen, and Ruth `cleuyde to `the modir of hir hosebonde. 15 To whom Noemy seide, Lo! thi kyneswomman turnede ayen to hir puple, and to hir goddis; go thou with hir.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she went: 2 Kings 8:3

they went: Ruth 1:10, Ruth 1:14, Exodus 18:27

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
And God clepide the firmament, heuene. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai.
Genesis 1:9
Forsothe God seide, The watris, that ben vndur heuene, be gaderid in to o place, and a drie place appere; and it was doon so.
Genesis 1:11
and seide, The erthe brynge forth greene eerbe and makynge seed, and appil tre makynge fruyt bi his kynde, whos seed be in it silf on erthe; and it was doon so.
Genesis 1:15
and shyne tho in the firmament of heuene, and liytne tho the erthe; and it was doon so.
Genesis 1:24
And God seide, The erthe brynge forth a lyuynge soul in his kynde, werk beestis, and `crepynge beestis, and vnresonable beestis of erthe, bi her kyndis; and it was don so.
Genesis 1:28
And God blesside hem, and seide, Encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and fille ye the erthe, and make ye it suget, and be ye lordis to fischis of the see, and to volatilis of heuene, and to alle lyuynge beestis that ben moued on erthe.
Genesis 1:29
And God seide, Lo! Y haue youe to you ech eerbe berynge seed on erthe, and alle trees that han in hem silf the seed of her kynde, that tho be in to mete to you;
Job 26:8
`Which God byndith watris in her cloudis, that tho breke not out togidere dounward.
Psalms 104:10
And thou sendist out wellis in grete valeis; watris schulen passe bitwix the myddil of hillis.
Psalms 148:4
Heuenes of heuenes, herie ye hym; and the watris that ben aboue heuenes,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was,.... What part of Moab she had dwelt in, and now removed from, is not said; it is called the country or field of Moab, she returned from; hence some have thought, that she and her husband, and her sons, did not live in any of the cities of Moab, but in a field; either because the Moabites would not suffer them to dwell in their cities, only allowed them to pitch their tents in their fields; or they chose to dwell there, that they might as much as possible avoid conversation with them, and be preserved from their idolatry, and other corruptions:

and her two daughters in law with her; who, out of respect to her, accompanied her some part of the way, as relations and friends usually did:

and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah; they went along with her to the border of the land of Judah, in her return thither; for returning can only be said of her with any propriety, because her two daughters had never been there; that was not the country from whence they came, and therefore could not be said to return thither.


 
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