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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Ruth 1 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ruth/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ruth/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Ruth 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/21.htm" title="Judges 21">◄</a> Ruth 1 <a href="../ruth/2.htm" title="Ruth 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ruth/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Naomi Becomes a Widow<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it came to pass when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a man went from Bethleem Juda to sojourn in the land of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the man's name <i>was</i> Elimelech, and his wife's name Noemin, and the names of his two sons Maalon and Chelaion, Ephrathites of Bethleem of Juda: and they came to the land of Moab, and remained there. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Elimelech the husband of Noemin died; and she was left, and her two sons. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And they took to themselves wives, women of Moab; the name of the one <i>was</i> Orpha, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And both Maalon and Chelaion died also; and the woman was left of her husband and her two sons.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And she rose up and her two daughters-in-law, and they returned out of the country of Moab, for she heard in the country of Moab that the Lord <i>had</i> visited his people to give them bread. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her: and they went by the way to return to the land of Juda. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The Lord grant you that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And they said to her, We will return with thee to thy people. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Noemin said, Return now, my daughters; and why do ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands? <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons; <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Noemin said to Ruth, Behold, thy sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; turn now thou also after thy sister-in-law. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people <i>shall be</i> my people, and thy God my God. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, <i>if I leave thee</i>, for death <i>only</i> shall divide between me and thee. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more.<p> <A name="20"></a><p class="hdg">The Return to Bethlehem<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they went both of them until they came to Bethleem: and it came to pass, when they arrived at Bethleem, that all the city rang with them, and they said, Is this Noemin? <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Noemin; call me ?Bitter,' for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me and the Mighty One has afflicted me?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Noemin and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned from the country of Moab; and they came to Bethleem in the beginning of barley harvest.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ruth/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>