Ruth 1:8

Mercy and compassion Faithfulness and loyalty

⁶ 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.

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.

⁹ May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud

¹⁰ and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”

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: 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.
KJV: And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
WEB: Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
ASV: And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother`s house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
DARBY: And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead and with me.
BLB: And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, turn back, each woman to the house of her mother. May YHWH do with you⁺ loving devotion, as you⁺ have done with the dead and with me.

ÅB: sa No'omi til sine to sønnekoner: Vend om og gå hjem igjen, hver til sin mors hus. Herren vise godhet mot dere, som dere har gjort mot de døde og mot meg!
OTB: Noomi sa til sine to svigerdøtre: “Gå tilbake, hver av dere, til deres mors hus. Måtte Herren vise godhet mot dere, slik dere har vist mot de døde og mot meg.
B1930: sa No'omi til sine to sønnekoner: Vend om og gå hjem igjen, hver til sin mors hus. Herren vise godhet mot eder, som I har gjort mot de døde og mot mig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ruth 2:20
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
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Ruth 1:5
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
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Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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Colossians 3:24
because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
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Ephesians 6:2–3
“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
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Joshua 24:15–28
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
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Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
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2 Timothy 1:16–18
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
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