Ruth 1:8
in Ruth 1Then 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.
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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.
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.
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This verse in Ruth 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Accompanying their mother-in-law to the borders of their own land would probably be an act of Oriental courtesy. Naomi with no less courtesy presses them to return. The mention of the mother’s house, which the separation of the women’s house or tent from that of the men facilitates, is natural in her mouth, and has more tenderness in it than father’s house would have had; it does not imply the death of their fathers Rth 2:11.
This site's exposition
Go back, each of you to your mother’s home
on Ruth 1:8-9
She sends them back and prays for them in one breath, and "loving devotion" renders chesed, the covenant loyalty word, spoken by an Israelite of two Moabite women. She asks for them "rest in the home of your new husband", which Boaz gives Ruth in chapter 3 and Naomi gives up by asking. The kiss and the weeping are the first of two rounds, and the second parts them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Naomi said to her two daughters in law,....
This will help to allay the bitterness of parting; and, while we are together, we should labour so to conduct ourselves as that when we part we may not have cause to reflect with regret upon our miscarriages in the relation. It is very proper for friends, when they part, to part with prayer.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house--In Eastern countries women occupy apartments separate from those of men, and daughters are most frequently in those of their mother. the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead--that is, with my sons, your husbands, while they lived.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּ֤אמֶר | vatomer | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| נָעֳמִי֙ | noomi | Naomi | H5281 → | 21 times |
| לִשְׁתֵּ֣י | lishtei | to [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ | khaloteiha | daughters-in-law her | H3618 → | 34 times |
| לֵ֣כְנָה | lekhenah | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| שֹּׁ֔בְנָה | shoenah | return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אִשָּׁ֖ה | ʾishah | [each] woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אִמָּ֑הּ | ʾimah | mother her | H517 → | |
| יַ֣עַשׂ | yaaseh | may he deal | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עִמָּכֶם֙ | ʾimakhem | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חֶ֔סֶד | chesed | covenant loyalty | H2617 → | 247 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם | ʾasitem | you have dealt | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַמֵּתִ֖ים | hametim | the dead | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וְעִמָּדִֽי׃ | veimadi | and with me | H5973 → | 1050 times |
וַתֹּ֤אמֶרand she said
vatomerH559 →5305 times
נָעֳמִי֙Naomi
noomiH5281 →21 times
לִשְׁתֵּ֣יto [the] two
lishteiH8147 →768 times
כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָdaughters-in-law her
khaloteihaH3618 →34 times
לֵ֣כְנָהgo
lekhenahH1980 →1546 times
שֹּׁ֔בְנָהreturn
shoenahH7725 →1056 times
אִשָּׁ֖ה[each] woman
ʾishahH802 →781 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אִמָּ֑הּmother her
ʾimahH517 →
יַ֣עַשׂmay he deal
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עִמָּכֶם֙with you
ʾimakhemH5973 →1050 times
חֶ֔סֶדcovenant loyalty
chesedH2617 →247 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֧רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עֲשִׂיתֶ֛םyou have dealt
ʾasitemH6213 →2628 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
הַמֵּתִ֖יםthe dead
hametimH4191 →839 times
וְעִמָּדִֽי׃and with me
veimadiH5973 →1050 times
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
Colossians 3:18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
- Titus 2:4–5
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
- 1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- Ephesians 5:22
Through
Colossians 3:24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
it leads to
- Ephesians 6:8
because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
- Galatians 1:10
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- Acts 20:32
And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22
For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
- Luke 14:14
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- Ephesians 6:8
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.