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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.
Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.
And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentRuth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel
- Date
- Events in the days of the judges (1:1); compilation likely in the Davidic period (given the closing genealogy)