1:1 Then all the children[01121] of Israel[03478], and all the people[05971], went up[05927][8799], and came[0935][8799] unto the house[01004] of God[0430][8677][01008], and wept[01058][8799], and sat[03427][8799] there before[06440] the LORD[03068], and fasted[06684][8799] that day[03117] until even[06153], and offered[05927][8686] burnt offerings[05930] and peace offerings[08002] before[06440] the LORD[03068].
1:2 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068], (for the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of God[0430] was there in those days[03117],
1:3 And Phinehas[06372], the son[01121] of Eleazar[0499], the son[01121] of Aaron[0175], stood[05975][8802] before[06440] it in those days[03117],) saying[0559][8800], Shall I yet again[03254][8686] go out[03318][8800] to battle[04421] against the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] my brother[0251], or shall I cease[02308][8799]? And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799], Go up[05927][8798]; for to morrow[04279] I will deliver[05414][8799] them into thine hand[03027].
1:4 And Israel[03478] set[07760][8799] liers in wait[0693][8802] round about[05439] Gibeah[01390].
1:5 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] went up[05927][8799] against the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] on the third[07992] day[03117], and put themselves in array[06186][8799] against Gibeah[01390], as at other times[06471].
1:6 And the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] went out[03318][8799] against[07125][8800] the people[05971], and were drawn away[05423][8717] from the city[05892]; and they began[02490][8686] to smite[05221][8687] of the people[05971], and kill[02491], as at other times[06471], in the highways[04546], of which one[0259] goeth up[05927][8802] to the house[01004] of God[0430][8677][01008], and the other[0259] to Gibeah[01390] in the field[07704], about thirty[07970] men[0376] of Israel[03478]. to smite...: Heb. to smite of the people wounded as at, etc the house...: or, Bethel
1:7 And the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] said[0559][8799], They are smitten down[05062][8737] before[06440] us, as at the first[07223]. But the children[01121] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8804], Let us flee[05127][8799], and draw[05423][8804] them from the city[05892] unto the highways[04546].
1:8 And all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] rose up[06965][8804] out of their place[04725], and put themselves in array[06186][8799] at Baaltamar[01193]: and the liers in wait[0693][8802] of Israel[03478] came forth[01518][8688] out of their places[04725], even out of the meadows[04629] of Gibeah[01387].
1:9 And there came[0935][8799] against[05048] Gibeah[01390] ten[06235] thousand[0505] chosen[0977][8803] men[0376] out of all Israel[03478], and the battle[04421] was sore[03513][8804]: but they knew[03045][8804] not that evil[07451] was near[05060][8802] them.
1:10 And the LORD[03068] smote[05062][8799] Benjamin[01144] before[06440] Israel[03478]: and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] destroyed[07843][8686] of the Benjamites[01145] that day[03117] twenty[06242] and five[02568] thousand[0505] and an hundred[03967] men[0376]: all these drew[08025][8802] the sword[02719].
1:11 So the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] saw[07200][8799] that they were smitten[05062][8738]: for the men[0376] of Israel[03478] gave[05414][8799] place[04725] to the Benjamites[01145], because they trusted[0982][8804] unto the liers in wait[0693][8802] which they had set[07760][8804] beside Gibeah[01390].
1:12 And the liers in wait[0693][8802] hasted[02363][8689], and rushed[06584][8799] upon Gibeah[01390]; and the liers in wait[0693][8802] drew themselves along[04900][8799], and smote[05221][8686] all the city[05892] with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719]. drew...: or, made a long sound with the trumpet
1:13 Now there was an appointed sign[04150] between the men[0376] of Israel[03478] and[05973] the liers in wait[0693][8802], that they should make a great[07235][8685] flame[04864] with smoke[06227] rise up[05927][8687] out of the city[05892]. sign: or, time and: Heb. with flame: Heb. elevation
1:14 And when the men[0376] of Israel[03478] retired[02015][8799] in the battle[04421], Benjamin[01144] began[02490][8689] to smite[05221][8687] and kill[02491] of the men[0376] of Israel[03478] about thirty[07970] persons[0376]: for they said[0559][8804], Surely[05062][8736] they are smitten down[05062][8737] before[06440] us, as in the first[07223] battle[04421]. to smite...: Heb. to smite the wounded
1:15 But when the flame[04864] began[02490][8689] to arise up[05927][8800] out of the city[05892] with a pillar[05982] of smoke[06227], the Benjamites[01145] looked[06437][8799] behind[0310] them, and, behold, the flame[03632] of the city[05892] ascended up[05927][8804] to heaven[08064]. the flame of: Heb. the whole consumption of
1:16 And when the men[0376] of Israel[03478] turned again[02015][8804], the men[0376] of Benjamin[01144] were amazed[0926][8735]: for they saw[07200][8804] that evil[07451] was come[05060][8804] upon them. was come...: Heb. touched them
1:17 Therefore they turned[06437][8799] their backs before[06440] the men[0376] of Israel[03478] unto the way[01870] of the wilderness[04057]; but the battle[04421] overtook[01692][8689] them; and them which came  out of the cities[05892] they destroyed[07843][8688] in the midst[08432] of them.
1:18 Thus they inclosed[03803][8765] the Benjamites[01145] round about[03803][8765], and chased[07291][8689] them, and trode them down[01869][8689] with ease[04496] over against[05227] Gibeah[01390] toward the sunrising[04217][08121]. with ease...: or, from Menuchah, etc over...: Heb. unto over against
1:19 And there fell[05307][8799] of Benjamin[01144] eighteen[08083][06240] thousand[0505] men[0376]; all these were men[0582] of valour[02428].
1:20 And they turned[06437][8799] and fled[05127][8799] toward the wilderness[04057] unto the rock[05553] of Rimmon[07417]: and they gleaned[05953][8779] of them in the highways[04546] five[02568] thousand[0505] men[0376]; and pursued[01692][8686] hard after[0310] them unto Gidom[01440], and slew[05221][8686] two thousand[0505] men[0376] of them.
1:21 So that all which fell[05307][8802] that day[03117] of Benjamin[01144] were twenty[06242] and five[02568] thousand[0505] men[0376] that drew[08025][8802] the sword[02719]; all these were men[0582] of valour[02428].
1:22 But six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] turned[06437][8799] and fled[05127][8799] to the wilderness[04057] unto the rock[05553] Rimmon[07417], and abode[03427][8799] in the rock[05553] Rimmon[07417] four[0702] months[02320].
2:1 And the men[0376] of Israel[03478] turned again[07725][8804] upon the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144], and smote[05221][8686] them with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719], as well the men[04974] of every city[05892], as[05704] the beast[0929], and all that came to hand[04672][8737]: also they set[07971][8765] on fire[0784] all the cities[05892] that they came to[04672][8737]. came to hand: Heb. was found they came...: Heb. were found
2:2 Now the men[0376] of Israel[03478] had sworn[07650][8738] in Mizpeh[04709], saying[0559][8800], There shall not any[0376] of us give[05414][8799] his daughter[01323] unto Benjamin[01144] to wife[0802].
2:3 And the people[05971] came[0935][8799] to the house[01004] of God[0430][8677][01008], and abode[03427][8799] there till even[06153] before[06440] God[0430], and lifted up[05375][8799] their voices[06963], and wept[01058][8799][01065] sore[01419];
2:4 And said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], why is this come to pass in Israel[03478], that there should be to day[03117] one[0259] tribe[07626] lacking[06485][8736] in Israel[03478]?
2:5 And it came to pass on the morrow[04283], that the people[05971] rose early[07925][8686], and built[01129][8799] there an altar[04196], and offered[05927][8686] burnt offerings[05930] and peace offerings[08002].
2:6 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799], Who is there among all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] that[0834] came[05927][8804] not up with the congregation[06951] unto the LORD[03068]? For they had made a great[01419] oath[07621] concerning him that came not up[05927][8804] to the LORD[03068] to Mizpeh[04709], saying[0559][8800], He shall surely[04191][8800] be put to death[04191][8714].
2:7 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] repented[05162][8735] them for Benjamin[01144] their brother[0251], and said[0559][8799], There is one[0259] tribe[07626] cut off[01438][8738] from Israel[03478] this day[03117].
2:8 How shall we do[06213][8799] for wives[0802] for them that remain[03498][8737], seeing we have sworn[07650][8738] by the LORD[03068] that we will not give[05414][8800] them of our daughters[01323] to wives[0802]?
2:9 And they said[0559][8799], What one[0259] is there of the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] that came not up[05927][8804] to Mizpeh[04709] to the LORD[03068]? And, behold, there came[0935][8804] none[0376] to the camp[04264] from Jabeshgilead[03003][01568] to the assembly[06951].
2:10 For the people[05971] were numbered[06485][8691], and, behold, there were none[0376] of the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568] there.
2:11 And the congregation[05712] sent[07971][8799] thither twelve[08147][06240] thousand[0505] men[0376] of the valiantest[01121][02428], and commanded[06680][8762] them, saying[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798] and smite[05221][8689] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568] with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719], with the women[0802] and the children[02945].
2:12 And this is the thing[01697] that ye shall do[06213][8799], Ye shall utterly destroy[02763][8686] every male[02145], and every woman[0802] that hath lain[04904] by man[03045][8802]. hath lain...: Heb. knoweth the lying with man
2:13 And they found[04672][8799] among the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568] four[0702] hundred[03967] young[05291] virgins[01330], that had known[03045][8804] no man[0376] by lying[04904] with any male[02145]: and they brought[0935][8686] them unto the camp[04264] to Shiloh[07887], which is in the land[0776] of Canaan[03667]. young...: Heb. young women virgins
2:14 And the whole congregation[05712] sent[07971][8799] some to speak[01696][8762] to the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] that were in the rock[05553] Rimmon[07417], and to call[07121][8799] peaceably[07965] unto them. to speak...: Heb. and spake and called call...: or, proclaim peace
2:15 And Benjamin[01144] came again[07725][8799] at that time[06256]; and they gave[05414][8799] them wives[0802] which they had saved alive[02421][8765] of the women[0802] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568]: and yet so they sufficed[04672][8804] them not.
2:16 And the people[05971] repented[05162][8737] them for Benjamin[01144], because that the LORD[03068] had made[06213][8804] a breach[06556] in the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478].
2:17 Then the elders[02205] of the congregation[05712] said[0559][8799], How shall we do[06213][8799] for wives[0802] for them that remain[03498][8737], seeing the women[0802] are destroyed[08045][8738] out of Benjamin[01144]?
2:18 And they said[0559][8799], There must be an inheritance[03425] for them that be escaped[06413] of Benjamin[01144], that a tribe[07626] be not destroyed[04229][8735] out of Israel[03478].
2:19 Howbeit we may[03201][8799] not give[05414][8800] them wives[0802] of our daughters[01323]: for the children[01121] of Israel[03478] have sworn[07650][8738], saying[0559][8800], Cursed[0779][8803] be he that giveth[05414][8802] a wife[0802] to Benjamin[01144].
2:20 Then they said[0559][8799], Behold, there is a feast[02282] of the LORD[03068] in Shiloh[07887] yearly[03117][03117] in a place which is on the north side[06828] of Bethel[01008], on the east side[04217][08121] of the highway[04546] that goeth up[05927][8802] from Bethel[01008] to Shechem[07927], and on the south[05045] of Lebonah[03829]. yearly: Heb. from year to year on the east...: or, toward the sunrising of the highway: or, on the highway
2:21 Therefore they commanded[06680][8762] the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144], saying[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798] and lie in wait[0693][8804] in the vineyards[03754];
2:22 And see[07200][8804], and, behold, if the daughters[01323] of Shiloh[07887] come out[03318][8799] to dance[02342][8800] in dances[04246], then come ye out[03318][8804] of the vineyards[03754], and catch[02414][8804] you every man[0376] his wife[0802] of the daughters[01323] of Shiloh[07887], and go[01980][8804] to the land[0776] of Benjamin[01144].
2:23 And it shall be, when their fathers[01] or their brethren[0251] come[0935][8799] unto us to complain[07378][8800], that we will say[0559][8804] unto them, Be favourable[02603][8798] unto them for our sakes: because we reserved[03947][8804] not to each man[0376] his wife[0802] in the war[04421]: for ye did not give[05414][8804] unto them at this time[06256], that  ye should be guilty[0816][8799]. Be favourable...: or, Gratify us in them
3:1 And the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] did so[06213][8799], and took[05375][8799] them wives[0802], according to their number[04557], of them that danced[02342][8789], whom they caught[01497][8804]: and they went[03212][8799] and returned[07725][8799] unto their inheritance[05159], and repaired[01129][8799] the cities[05892], and dwelt[03427][8799] in them.
3:2 And the children[01121] of Israel[03478] departed[01980][8691] thence at that time[06256], every man[0376] to his tribe[07626] and to his family[04940], and they went out[03318][8799] from thence every man[0376] to his inheritance[05159].
3:3 In those days[03117] there was no king[04428] in Israel[03478]: every man[0376] did[06213][8799] that which was right[03477] in his own eyes[05869].
3:4 Now it came to pass in the days[03117] when the judges[08199][8802] ruled[08199][8800], that there was a famine[07458] in the land[0776]. And a certain man[0376] of Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063] went[03212][8799] to sojourn[01481][8800] in the country[07704] of Moab[04124], he, and his wife[0802], and his two[08147] sons[01121]. ruled: Heb. judged
3:5 And the name[08034] of the man[0376] was Elimelech[0458], and the name[08034] of his wife[0802] Naomi[05281], and the name[08034] of his two[08147] sons[01121] Mahlon[04248] and Chilion[03630], Ephrathites[0673] of Bethlehemjudah[01035][03063]. And they came[0935][8799] into the country[07704] of Moab[04124], and continued there. continued: Heb. were
3:6 And Elimelech[0458] Naomi's[05281] husband[0376] died[04191][8799]; and she was left[07604][8735], and her two[08147] sons[01121].
3:7 And they took[05375][8799] them wives[0802] of the women[0802] of Moab[04125]; the name[08034] of the one[0259] was Orpah[06204], and the name[08034] of the other[08145] Ruth[07327]: and they dwelled[03427][8799] there about ten[06235] years[08141].
3:8 And Mahlon[04248] and Chilion[03630] died[04191][8799] also both[08147] of them; and the woman[0802] was left[07604][8735] of her two[08147] sons[03206] and her husband[0376].
3:9 Then she arose[06965][8799] with her daughters in law[03618], that she might return[07725][8799] from the country[07704] of Moab[04124]: for she had heard[08085][8804] in the country[07704] of Moab[04124] how that the LORD[03068] had visited[06485][8804] his people[05971] in giving[05414][8800] them bread[03899].
3:10 Wherefore she went forth[03318][8799] out of the place[04725] where she was, and her two[08147] daughters in law[03618] with her; and they went[03212][8799] on the way[01870] to return[07725][8800] unto the land[0776] of Judah[03063].
3:11 And Naomi[05281] said[0559][8799] unto her two[08147] daughters in law[03618], Go[03212][8798], return[07725][8798] each[0802] to her mother's[0517] house[01004]: the LORD[03068] deal[06213][8799] kindly[02617] with you, as ye have dealt[06213][8804] with the dead[04191][8801], and with me.
3:12 The LORD[03068] grant[05414][8799] you that ye may find[04672][8798] rest[04496], each[0802] of you in the house[01004] of her husband[0376]. Then she kissed[05401][8799] them; and they lifted up[05375][8799] their voice[06963], and wept[01058][8799].
3:13 And they said[0559][8799] unto her, Surely we will return[07725][8799] with thee unto thy people[05971].
3:14 And Naomi[05281] said[0559][8799], Turn again[07725][8798], my daughters[01323]: why will ye go[03212][8799] with me? are there yet any more sons[01121] in my womb[04578], that they may be your husbands[0582]?
3:15 Turn again[07725][8798], my daughters[01323], go[03212][8798] your way ; for I am too old[02204][8804] to have an husband[0376]. If I should say[0559][8804], I have[03426] hope[08615], if I should have an husband[0376] also to night[03915], and should also bear[03205][8804] sons[01121]; should have...: or were with an husband
3:16 Would ye tarry[07663][8762] for them[03860] till they were grown[01431][8799]? would ye stay[05702][8735] for them[03860] from having husbands[0376]? nay, my daughters[01323]; for it grieveth[04843][8804] me much[03966] for your sakes that the hand[03027] of the LORD[03068] is gone out[03318][8804] against me. tarry: Heb. hope it grieveth...: Heb. I have much bitterness
3:17 And they lifted up[05375][8799] their voice[06963], and wept again[01058][8799]: and Orpah[06204] kissed[05401][8799] her mother in law[02545]; but Ruth[07327] clave[01692][8804] unto her.
3:18 And she said[0559][8799], Behold, thy sister in law[02994] is gone back[07725][8804] unto her people[05971], and unto her gods[0430]: return[07725][8798] thou after[0310] thy sister in law[02994].
4:1 And Ruth[07327] said[0559][8799], Intreat[06293][8799] me not to leave[05800][8800] thee, or to return[07725][8800] from following after[0310] thee: for whither thou goest[03212][8799], I will go[03212][8799]; and where thou lodgest[03885][8799], I will lodge[03885][8799]: thy people[05971] shall be my people[05971], and thy God[0430] my God[0430]: Intreat...: or, Be not against me
4:2 Where thou diest[04191][8799], will I die[04191][8799], and there will I be buried[06912][8735]: the LORD[03068] do[06213][8799] so to me, and more[03254][8686] also, if ought  but death[04194] part[06504][8686] thee and me.
4:3 When she saw[07200][8799] that she was stedfastly minded[0553][8693] to go[03212][8800] with her, then she left[02308][8799] speaking[01696][8763] unto her. was...: Heb. strengthened herself
4:4 So they two[08147] went[03212][8799] until they came[0935][8800] to Bethlehem[01035]. And it came to pass, when they were come[0935][8800] to Bethlehem[01035], that all the city[05892] was moved[01949][8735] about them, and they said[0559][8799], Is this Naomi[05281]?
4:5 And she said[0559][8799] unto them, Call[07121][8799] me not Naomi[05281], call[07121][8798] me Mara[04755]: for the Almighty[07706] hath dealt very[03966] bitterly[04843][8689] with me. Naomi: that is, Pleasant Mara: that is, Bitter
4:6 I went out[01980][8804] full[04392], and the LORD[03068] hath brought me home again[07725][8689] empty[07387]: why then call[07121][8799] ye me Naomi[05281], seeing the LORD[03068] hath testified[06030][8804] against me, and the Almighty[07706] hath afflicted[07489][8689] me?
4:7 So Naomi[05281] returned[07725][8799], and Ruth[07327] the Moabitess[04125], her daughter in law[03618], with her, which returned[07725][8804] out of the country[07704] of Moab[04124]: and they came[0935][8804] to Bethlehem[01035] in the beginning[08462] of barley[08184] harvest[07105].
4:8 And Naomi[05281] had a kinsman[04129][8675][03045][8794] of her husband's[0376], a mighty[01368] man[0376] of wealth[02428], of the family[04940] of Elimelech[0458]; and his name[08034] was Boaz[01162]. Boaz: Gr. Booz
4:9 And Ruth[07327] the Moabitess[04125] said[0559][8799] unto Naomi[05281], Let me now go[03212][8799] to the field[07704], and glean[03950][8762] ears of corn[07641] after[0310] him in whose sight[05869] I shall find[04672][8799] grace[02580]. And she said[0559][8799] unto her, Go[03212][8798], my daughter[01323].
4:10 And she went[03212][8799], and came[0935][8799], and gleaned[03950][8762] in the field[07704] after[0310] the reapers[07114][8802]: and her hap[04745] was to light[07136][8799] on a part[02513] of the field[07704]  belonging unto Boaz[01162], who was of the kindred[04940] of Elimelech[0458]. hap...: Heb. hap happened
4:11 And, behold, Boaz[01162] came[0935][8802] from Bethlehem[01035], and said[0559][8799] unto the reapers[07114][8802], The LORD[03068] be with you. And they answered[0559][8799] him, The LORD[03068] bless[01288][8762] thee.
4:12 Then said[0559][8799] Boaz[01162] unto his servant[05288] that was set[05324][8737] over the reapers[07114][8802], Whose damsel[05291] is this?
4:13 And the servant[05288] that was set[05324][8737] over the reapers[07114][8802] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], It is the Moabitish[04125] damsel[05291] that came back[07725][8804] with Naomi[05281] out of the country[07704] of Moab[04124]:
4:14 And she said[0559][8799], I pray you, let me glean[03950][8762] and gather[0622][8804] after[0310] the reapers[07114][8802] among the sheaves[06016]: so she came[0935][8799], and hath continued[05975][8799] even[0227] from the morning[01242] until now, that she tarried[03427][8800] a little[04592] in the house[01004].
4:15 Then said[0559][8799] Boaz[01162] unto Ruth[07327], Hearest[08085][8804] thou not, my daughter[01323]? Go[03212][8799] not to glean[03950][8800] in another[0312] field[07704], neither go[05674][8799] from hence, but abide[01692][8799] here fast by my maidens[05291]:
4:16 Let thine eyes[05869] be on the field[07704] that they do reap[07114][8799], and go[01980][8804] thou after[0310] them: have I not charged[06680][8765] the young men[05288] that they shall not touch[05060][8800] thee? and when thou art athirst[06770][8804], go[01980][8804] unto the vessels[03627], and drink[08354][8804] of that which the young men[05288] have drawn[07579][8799].
4:17 Then she fell[05307][8799] on her face[06440], and bowed[07812][8691] herself to the ground[0776], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Why have I found[04672][8804] grace[02580] in thine eyes[05869], that thou shouldest take knowledge[05234][8687] of me, seeing I am a stranger[05237]?
4:18 And Boaz[01162] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] unto her, It hath fully[05046][8715] been shewed[05046][8717] me, all that thou hast done[06213][8804] unto thy mother in law[02545] since[0310] the death[04194] of thine husband[0376]: and how thou hast left[05800][8799] thy father[01] and thy mother[0517], and the land[0776] of thy nativity[04138], and art come[03212][8799] unto a people[05971] which thou knewest[03045][8804] not heretofore[08543][08032].
4:19 The LORD[03068] recompense[07999][8762] thy work[06467], and a full[08003] reward[04909] be given thee of the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], under whose wings[03671] thou art come[0935][8804] to trust[02620][8800].
4:20 Then she said[0559][8799], Let me find[04672][8799] favour[02580] in thy sight[05869], my lord[0113]; for that thou hast comforted[05162][8765] me, and for that thou hast spoken[01696][8765] friendly[03820] unto thine handmaid[08198], though I be not like unto one[0259] of thine handmaidens[08198]. Let me...: or, I find friendly: Heb. to the heart
4:21 And Boaz[01162] said[0559][8799] unto her, At mealtime[06256][0400] come[05066][8798] thou hither[01988], and eat[0398][8804] of the bread[03899], and dip[02881][8804] thy morsel[06595] in the vinegar[02558]. And she sat[03427][8799] beside[06654] the reapers[07114][8802]: and he reached[06642][8799] her parched[07039] corn , and she did eat[0398][8799], and was sufficed[07646][8799], and left[03498][8686].
4:22 And when she was risen up[06965][8799] to glean[03950][8763], Boaz[01162] commanded[06680][8762] his young men[05288], saying[0559][8800], Let her glean[03950][8762] even among the sheaves[06016], and reproach[03637][8686] her not: reproach...: Heb. shame her not
