Ruth 1:6

4 who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,

5 both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.

When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.

7 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.

8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
KJV
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
WEB
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
ASV
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread.
DARBY
And she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give them bread.
BLB
And she rose, she and her daughters-in-law, and she returned from the fields of Moab, for she had heard in a field of Moab that YHWH had attended to His people, to give bread to them.
ÅB
Da brøt hun opp med sine sønnekoner og vendte tilbake fra Moabs land; for hun hadde hørt i Moabs land at Herren hadde sett til sitt folk og gitt dem brød.
OTB
Noomi hørte i Moab at Herren hadde gjestet sitt folk ved å gi dem mat. Hun og hennes svigerdøtre gjorde seg klare til å vende tilbake derfra.
B1930
Da brøt hun op med sine sønnekoner og vendte tilbake fra Moabs land; for hun hadde hørt i Moabs land at Herren hadde sett til sitt folk og gitt dem brød.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 132:15

    I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

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  • Psalms 111:5

    He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.

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  • Exodus 4:31

    and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

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  • Luke 1:68

    “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

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  • Matthew 6:11

    Give us this day our daily bread.

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  • Exodus 3:16

    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

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  • Jeremiah 29:10

    For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:21

    So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

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