47 verses contain “ruth” (in the KJV: 13, in the BSB: 47) — showing 1–47
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And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor
shew favour to the young:
a
ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no
pity for the young.
And he
smote them
hip and
thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
And he struck them
ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
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,
And they lifted up their voice, and
wept again: and Orpah
kissed her mother in law; but
Ruth clave unto her.
And
Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for
whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will
lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
But
Ruth replied: “Do not
urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
When she saw that she was
stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
When
Naomi saw that
Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to
persuade her.
So they two went until they came to
Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to
Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this
Naomi?
So
Naomi returned, and
Ruth the
Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to
Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
So
Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law
Ruth the
Moabitess. And they arrived in
Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
And
Ruth the
Moabitess said unto
Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and
glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
And
Ruth the
Moabitess said to
Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and
glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go
ahead, my daughter,”
Naomi replied.
And she went, and came, and
gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her
hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
So
Ruth departed and went out into the field and
gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
Then said Boaz unto
Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from hence, but
abide here fast by my maidens:
Then Boaz said to
Ruth, “
Listen, my daughter. Do not go and
glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
And when she was risen up to
glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her
glean even among the
sheaves, and reproach her not:
When
Ruth got up to
glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the
sheaves, do not
insult her.
So she
gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an
ephah of barley.
So
Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had
gleaned, it was about an
ephah of barley.
And
Ruth the
Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
Then
Ruth the
Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
And
Naomi said unto
Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
And
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law
Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to
glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
So
Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to
glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Then
Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
One day
Ruth’s mother-in-law
Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
“I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.
And when Boaz had eaten and
drunk, and his heart was
merry, he went to lie down at the end of the
heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the
heap of grain. Then
Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am
Ruth thine
handmaid: spread therefore thy
skirt over thine
handmaid; for thou art a near
kinsman.
“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant
Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a
kinsman-
redeemer.”
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
When
Ruth returned to her mother-in-law,
Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then
Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of
Naomi, thou must
buy it also of
Ruth the
Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
Then Boaz said, “On the day you
buy the land from
Naomi and also from
Ruth the
Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
Moreover
Ruth the
Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Moreover, I have acquired
Ruth the
Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses
today.”
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or,
Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the
oppressor.
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the
ruthless.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the
heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the
Almighty.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest
thyself against me.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
I have seen a wicked,
ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them.
Selah.
For strangers rise up against me, and
ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God.
SelahDeliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the
grasp of the unjust and
ruthless.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the
assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
The
arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of
ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.
A
gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
And I will
punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the
haughtiness of the terrible.
Therefore shall the strong people
glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of
ruthless nations will
revere You.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the
needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
For You have been a refuge for the poor, a
stronghold for the
needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the
ruthless is like rain against a wall,
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
like heat in a dry land. You
subdue the
uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the
ruthless is silenced.
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as
chaff that passeth away:
yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the
ruthless like blowing
chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
For the terrible one is brought to
nought, and the
scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
For the
ruthless will
vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will
redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall
defile thy brightness.
behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most
ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will
defile your
splendor.
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
He and his people with him, the most
ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Foreigners, the most
ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall
spoil the
pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most
ruthless of all nations. They will
ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that
ruthless and
impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
Salmon was the father of Boaz by
Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by
Ruth, Obed the father of
Jesse,
