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Ruth 1 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:3 - And Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:4 - 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 dwelt there about ten years.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:5 - And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:8 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:10 - And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:11 - And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

Ruth's Loyalty

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:15 - And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:16 - And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:17 - where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 - So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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