<vn='1'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> when the <sn="8199">judges</s><sn="8199">ruled</s>, that there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="7458">famine</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>. And a certain <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="4480 1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="1481">sojourn</s> in the <sn="7704">country</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, <sn="1931">he</s>, and his <sn="802">wife</s>, and his <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="376">man</s> was <sn="458">Elimelech</s>, and the <sn="8034">name</s> of his <sn="802">wife</s><sn="5281">Naomi</s>, and the <sn="8034">name</s> of his <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s><sn="4248">Mahlon</s> and <sn="3630">Chilion</s>, <sn="673">Ephrathites</s> of <sn="4480 1035 3063">Bethlehem</s> -judah. And they <sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="7704">country</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and <sn="1961">continued</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="458">Elimelech</s><sn="5281">Naomi</s> 's <sn="376">husband</s><sn="4191">died</s>; and <sn="1931">she</s> was <sn="7604">left</s>, and her <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1121">sons</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And they <sn="5375">took</s> them <sn="802">wives</s> of the women of <sn="4125">Moab</s>; the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="259">one</s> was <sn="6204">Orpah</s>, and the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="8145">other</s><sn="7327">Ruth</s>: and they <sn="3427">dwelled</s><sn="8033">there</s> about <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="4248">Mahlon</s> and <sn="3630">Chilion</s><sn="4191">died</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="8147">both</s> of them; and the <sn="802">woman</s> was <sn="7604">left</s> of her two <sn="4480 8147 3206">sons</s> and her <sn="4480 376">husband</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="1931">she</s><sn="6965">arose</s> with her <sn="3618">daughters</s> -in-law, that she might <sn="7725">return</s> from the <sn="4480 7704">country</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> she had <sn="8085">heard</s> in the <sn="7704">country</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s> how <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6485">visited</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5971">people</s> in <sn="5414">giving</s> them <sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Wherefore she went <sn="3318">forth</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 8033">where</s> she <sn="1961">was</s>, and her <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3618">daughters</s> -in-law with <sn="5973">her</s>; and they <sn="1980">went</s> on the <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="5281">Naomi</s><sn="559">said</s> unto her <sn="8147">two</s><sn="3618">daughters</s> -in-law, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="7725">return</s><sn="802">each</s> to her <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6213">deal</s><sn="2617">kindly</s><sn="5973">with</s> you, <sn="834">as</s> ye have <sn="6213">dealt</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4191">dead</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> me. </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">grant</s> you that ye may <sn="4672">find</s><sn="4496">rest</s>, <sn="802">each</s> of you in the <sn="1004">house</s> of her <sn="376">husband</s>. Then she <sn="5401">kissed</s> them; and they lifted <sn="5375">up</s> their <sn="6963">voice</s>, and <sn="1058">wept</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And they <sn="559">said</s> unto her, <sn="3588">Surely</s> we will <sn="7725">return</s><sn="854">with</s> thee unto thy <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="5281">Naomi</s><sn="559">said</s>, Turn <sn="7725">again</s>, my <sn="1323">daughters</s>: <sn="4100">why</s> will ye <sn="1980">go</s><sn="5973">with</s> me? are there <sn="5750">yet</s> any more <sn="1121">sons</s> in my <sn="4578">womb</s>, that they may <sn="1961">be</s> your <sn="376">husbands</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>Turn <sn="7725">again</s>, my <sn="1323">daughters</s>, <sn="1980">go</s> your way; <sn="3588">for</s> I am too <sn="2204">old</s> to <sn="4480 1961">have</s> a <sn="376">husband</s>. <sn="3588">If</s> I should <sn="559">say</s>, I <sn="3426">have</s><sn="8615">hope</s>, if I should <sn="1961">have</s> a <sn="376">husband</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="3915">tonight</s>, and should <sn="1571">also</s><sn="3205">bear</s><sn="1121">sons</s>; </v>
<vn='13'>Would ye <sn="7663">tarry</s> for <sn="2004">them</s><sn="5704 834">till</s> they were <sn="1431">grown</s>? would ye <sn="5702">stay</s> for <sn="2004">them</s> from <sn="1961">having</s><sn="376">husbands</s>? <sn="408">nay</s>, my <sn="1323">daughters</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> it <sn="4843">grieveth</s> me <sn="3966">much</s><sn="4480">for</s> your sakes <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is gone <sn="3318">out</s> against me. </v>
<vn='14'>And they lifted <sn="5375">up</s> their <sn="6963">voice</s>, and <sn="1058">wept</s><sn="5750">again</s>: and <sn="6204">Orpah</s><sn="5401">kissed</s> her <sn="2545">mother</s> -in-law; but <sn="7327">Ruth</s><sn="1692">cleaved</s> unto her. </v>
<vn='15'>And she <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, thy <sn="2994">sister</s> -in-law is gone <sn="7725">back</s><sn="413">unto</s> her <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="413">unto</s> her <sn="430">gods</s>: <sn="7725">return</s> thou <sn="310">after</s> thy <sn="2994">sister</s> -in-law. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="7327">Ruth</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6293">Entreat</s> me <sn="408">not</s> to <sn="5800">leave</s> thee, or to <sn="7725">return</s> from following <sn="4480 310">after</s> thee: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="413 834">whither</s> thou <sn="1980">goest</s>, I will <sn="1980">go</s>; and <sn="834">where</s> thou <sn="3885">lodgest</s>, I will <sn="3885">lodge</s>: thy <sn="5971">people</s> shall be my <sn="5971">people</s>, and thy <sn="430">God</s> my <sn="430">God</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="834">Where</s> thou <sn="4191">diest</s>, will I <sn="4191">die</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> will I be <sn="6912">buried</s>: the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="3541">so</s> to me, and <sn="3254">more</s><sn="3541">also</s>, if aught <sn="3588">but</s><sn="4194">death</s><sn="6504">part</s><sn="996">thee</s> and <sn="996">me</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>When she <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">she</s> was steadfastly <sn="553">minded</s> to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="854">with</s> her, then she <sn="2308">left</s><sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="413">unto</s> her. </v>
<vn='19'>So they <sn="8147">two</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="5704">until</s> they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1035">Bethlehem</s>. And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when they were <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="1035">Bethlehem</s>, that <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> was <sn="1949">moved</s><sn="5921">about</s> them, and they <sn="559">said</s>, Is <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5281">Naomi</s>? </v>
<vn='20'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="7121">Call</s> me <sn="408">not</s><sn="5281">Naomi</s>, <sn="7121">call</s> me <sn="4755">Mara</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7706">Almighty</s> hath dealt very <sn="3966 4843">bitterly</s> with me. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="589">I</s> went <sn="1980">out</s><sn="4392">full</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath brought me home <sn="7725">again</s><sn="7387">empty</s>: <sn="4100">why</s> then <sn="7121">call</s> ye me <sn="5281">Naomi</s>, seeing the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6030">testified</s> against me, and the <sn="7706">Almighty</s> hath <sn="7489">afflicted</s> me? </v>
<vn='22'>So <sn="5281">Naomi</s><sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="7327">Ruth</s> the <sn="4125">Moabitess</s>, her <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law, with <sn="5973">her</s>, which <sn="7725">returned</s> out of the <sn="4480 7704">country</s> of <sn="4124">Moab</s>: and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1035">Bethlehem</s> in the <sn="8462">beginning</s> of <sn="8184">barley</s><sn="7105">harvest</s>. </v>