Ruth 1:14 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 1:14

Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

KJV

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law - The Septuagint add, Και επεστρεψεν εις τον λαον αυτης, And returned to her own people. The Vulgate, Syrian, and Arabic, are to the same purpose.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה	va.ti.Se.nah	and they raised	H5375 →
קוֹלָ֔ן	ko.Lan	voice their	H6963 →
וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה	va.tiv.Kei.nah	and they wept	H1058 →
ע֑וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק	va.ti.Shak	and she kissed	H5401 →
עָרְפָּה֙	'a.re.Pah	Orpah	H6204 →
לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ	la.cha.mo.Tah	<to> mother-in-law her	H2545 →
וְר֖וּת	ve.Rut	and Ruth	H7327 →
דָּ֥בְקָה	Da.ve.kah	she clung	H1692 →
בָּֽהּ׃	Bah	to her

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
leads to
- Matthew 10:38
  and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- Luke 14:27
  And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
- 1 Peter 4:1–2
  Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- Luke 9:23–27
  Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- Mark 10:21
  Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then…
Through
Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
leads to
- Proverbs 17:17
  A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- John 15:13–15
  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Through
Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
leads to
- Luke 14:26
  “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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