Ruth 1:6
in Ruth 1When 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Ruth 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseShe had heard - By the mouth of an angel, says the Targum. The Lord had visited his people - “Because of the righteousness of Ibzan the judge, and because of the supplications of pious Boaz.” - Targum. It is imagined, and not without probability, that Mahlon and Chilion are the same with Joash and Saraph, mentioned 1Ch 4:22, where the Hebrew should be thus translated, and Joash and Saraph, who married in Moab, and dwelt in Lehem. See the Hebrew.
This site's exposition
When Naomi heard in Moab
on Ruth 1:6-7
What turns her homeward is a report that "the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food", so the house of bread has bread again. This is the only act of God the chapter reports directly, and it is done offstage in a country she is not in. Everything else in the book happens through ordinary people keeping faith.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab,....
As the judgment of oppression, under which they often groaned in the time of the judges, still came to an end, after a while, when God had raised them up a deliverer, so here the judgment of famine: At length God graciously visited his people in giving them bread. Plenty is God's gift, and it is his visitation which by bread, the staff of life, holds our souls in life.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתָּ֤קָם | vatakom | and she arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| הִיא֙ | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ | vekhaloteiha | and daughters-in-law her | H3618 → | 34 times |
| וַתָּ֖שָׁב | vatashov | and she returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מִשְּׂדֵ֣י | misedei | from [the] region<s> of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| מוֹאָ֑ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שָֽׁמְעָה֙ | shameah | she had heard | H8085 → | |
| בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה | bisdeh | in [the] region of | H7704 → | 334 times |
| מוֹאָ֔ב | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| פָקַ֤ד | fakad | he had visited | H6485 → | |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַמּ֔וֹ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לָתֵ֥ת | latet | by giving | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| לָֽחֶם׃ | lachem | food | H3899 → |
וַתָּ֤קָםand she arose
vatakomH6965 →628 times
הִיא֙she
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָand daughters-in-law her
vekhaloteihaH3618 →34 times
וַתָּ֖שָׁבand she returned
vatashovH7725 →1056 times
מִשְּׂדֵ֣יfrom [the] region<s> of
misedeiH7704 →334 times
מוֹאָ֑בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
כִּ֤יif
kiH3588 →4482 times
שָֽׁמְעָה֙she had heard
shameahH8085 →
בִּשְׂדֵ֣הin [the] region of
bisdehH7704 →334 times
מוֹאָ֔בMoab
moavH4124 →181 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
פָקַ֤דhe had visited
fakadH6485 →
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עַמּ֔וֹpeople his
amoH5971 →1873 times
לָתֵ֥תby giving
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָהֶ֖םto <the> them
lahem
לָֽחֶם׃food
lachemH3899 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 3:16Go, 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 8:4
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
- 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.
- Exodus 4:29
Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites,
- Psalms 8:4
Through
Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
it leads to
- Luke 21:6
“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- Luke 13:34–35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you…
- John 3:18–21
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- Luke 21:6
Through
Psalms 132:15I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
it leads to
- Psalms 147:14
He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
- Leviticus 26:4–5
I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- Psalms 147:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.