Ruth 1:9

“The LORD 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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Ruth 1:9

The Lord graunt you, that you may finde rest each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lift vp their voyce and wept.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"May the LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.
- Basic English Bible

May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband." And she kissed them as they wept aloud
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept.
- Darby Bible

May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands which you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice and began to weep,
- Douay-Rheims Bible

The LORD 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.
- English Revised Version

Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Ruth 1:9

Wesley's Notes for Ruth 1:9


1:8 Mother's house - Because daughters used to converse more frequently with their mothers, and to dwell in the same apartments with them, which then were distinct from those parts of the house where the men dwelt. The dead - With my sons, your husbands, while they lived.

1:11 Your husbands - According to the ancient custom, #Gen 38:8|, and the express law of God, #Deut 25:5|, which doubtless she had acquainted them with before, among other branches of the Jewish religion.


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