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May the LORD show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. <a href="/nlt/ruth/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the LORD reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. <a href="/esv/ruth/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <a href="/bsb/ruth/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me. <a href="/kjv/ruth/1.htm">King James Bible</a> And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. <a href="/nkjv/ruth/1.htm">New King James Version</a> And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each to her mother’s house. The LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <a href="/nasb_/ruth/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to your mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <a href="/nasb/ruth/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, &#8220Go, return each of you to her mother&#8217s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <a href="/nasb77/ruth/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <a href="/lsb/ruth/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May Yahweh show lovingkindness with you as you have shown with the dead and with me. <a href="/amp/ruth/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you return to your mother’s house. May the LORD show kindness to you as you have shown kindness to the dead and to me. <a href="/csb/ruth/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Naomi said to them, “Each of you go back to your mother’s home. May the LORD show kindness to you as you have shown to the dead and to me. <a href="/hcsb/ruth/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> She said to them, &#8220Each of you go back to your mother&#8217s home. May the LORD show faithful love to you as you have shown to the dead and to me. <a href="/asv/ruth/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. <a href="/cev/ruth/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Naomi said to them, "Don't you want to go back home to your own mothers? You were kind to my husband and sons, and you've always been kind to me. I pray that the LORD will be just as kind to you. <a href="/erv/ruth/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. <a href="/gwt/ruth/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back! Each of you should go back to your mother's home. May the LORD be as kind to you as you were to me and to our loved ones who have died. <a href="/gnt/ruth/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> she said to them, "Go back home and stay with your mothers. May the LORD be as good to you as you have been to me and to those who have died. <a href="/isv/ruth/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> But along the way, Naomi told her two daughters-in-law, "Each of you go back home. Return to your mother's house. May the LORD show his gracious love to you, as you have shown me and our loved ones who have died. <a href="/msb/ruth/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, ?Go back, each of you to your mother?s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me. <a href="/net/ruth/1.htm">NET Bible</a> Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Listen to me! Each of you should return to your mother's home! May the LORD show you the same kind of devotion that you have shown to your deceased husbands and to me! <a href="/nheb/ruth/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. <a href="/wbt/ruth/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. <a href="/web/ruth/1.htm">World English Bible</a> Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ruth/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Naomi says to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return, each to the house of her mother; YHWH does with you kindness as you have done with the dead, and with me; <a href="/ylt/ruth/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Naomi saith to her two daughters-in-law, 'Go, turn back, each to the house of her mother; Jehovah doth with you kindness as ye have done with the dead, and with me; <a href="/slt/ruth/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Naomi will say to her two daughters-in-law, Go, turn back each to the house of her mother: Jehovah will do mercy with you according as ye did with the dead, and with me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ruth/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> She said to them: Go ye home to your mothers: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <a href="/cpdv/ruth/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> She said to them, “Go to the home of your mother. May the Lord deal mercifully with you, just as you have dealt with the dead and with me. <a href="/nabre/ruth/1.htm">New American Bible</a> Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s house. May the LORD show you the same kindness as you have shown to the deceased and to me. <a href="/nrsvce/ruth/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back each of you to your mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ruth/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Return, go back to your own country and to the house of your kinsmen; may the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with me and with both of my sons who now are dead. <a href="/hpbt/ruth/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Namei said to her daughters in law: “Return, go to your place and to the house of your people, and LORD JEHOVAH will perform with you mercy as you have done with me and with both my sons who have died<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ruth/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law: 'Go, return each of you to her mother's house; the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. <a href="/sep/ruth/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> 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 href="/parallel/ruth/1-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LT1nlCXT1mU?start=72" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ruth/1.htm">Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi</a> …7Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah. 8<a href="/hebrew/5281.htm" title="5281: nā·‘o·mî (N-proper-fs) -- Mother-in-law of Ruth. From no'am; pleasant; Noomi, an Israelitess.">Then Naomi</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: liš·tê (Prep-l:: Number-fdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">to her two</a> <a href="/hebrew/3618.htm" title="3618: ḵal·lō·ṯe·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- Daughter-in-law, bride. From kalal; a bride; hence, a son's wife.">daughters-in-law,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lê·ḵə·nāh (V-Qal-Imp-fp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šō·ḇə·nāh (V-Qal-Imp-fp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">back,</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">each of you</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·māh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">to your mother’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">home.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">May the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·ʿă·śɛh (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">show</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥe·seḏ (N-ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">loving devotion,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śî·ṯem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you have shown</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: ham·mê·ṯîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">your dead</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: wə·‘im·mā·ḏî (Conj-w:: Prep:: 1cs) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">and to me.</a> 9May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/24-27.htm">Genesis 24:27</a> saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.” <a href="/genesis/32-9.htm">Genesis 32:9-10</a> Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’ / I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps. <a href="/exodus/18-9.htm">Exodus 18:9-10</a> And Jethro rejoiced over all the good things the LORD had done for Israel, whom He had rescued from the hand of the Egyptians. / Jethro declared, “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who has delivered the people from the hand of the Egyptians. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a> Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. <a href="/joshua/2-12.htm">Joshua 2:12-14</a> Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign / that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.” / “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.” <a href="/1_samuel/20-14.htm">1 Samuel 20:14-15</a> And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die, / and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.” <a href="/2_samuel/2-5.htm">2 Samuel 2:5-6</a> So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him. / Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this. <a href="/2_samuel/9-1.htm">2 Samuel 9:1</a> Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?” <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">1 Kings 8:23</a> and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. <a href="/psalms/36-7.htm">Psalm 36:7</a> How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! <a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3</a> He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth. <a href="/psalms/103-17.htm">Psalm 103:17</a> But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children— <a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3-4</a> Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. / Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man. <a href="/isaiah/54-10.htm">Isaiah 54:10</a> Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. <a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19-20</a> So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Naomi said to her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.Go<a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a> And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.<a href="/luke/14-25.htm">Luke 14:25</a> And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,the Lord<a href="/philippians/4-18.htm">Philippians 4:18,19</a> But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God… <a href="/2_timothy/1-16.htm">2 Timothy 1:16-18</a> The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: … the dead<a href="/ruth/1-5.htm">Ruth 1:5</a> And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.<a href="/ruth/2-20.htm">Ruth 2:20</a> And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.<a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22</a> Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/1-7.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/ruth/1-7.htm">Daughters-In-Law</a> <a href="/judges/21-16.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/judges/9-23.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/judges/18-4.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/judges/21-24.htm">Home</a> <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/judges/18-22.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/judges/19-3.htm">Kindly</a> <a href="/judges/8-35.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/exodus/22-30.htm">Mothers</a> <a href="/judges/16-17.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/ruth/1-5.htm">Naomi</a> <a href="/ruth/1-3.htm">Na'omi</a> <a href="/judges/13-21.htm">Show</a> <a href="/judges/13-23.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/ruth/1-7.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Daughters-In-Law</a> <a href="/ruth/2-20.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/ruth/1-17.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/ruth/1-20.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/ruth/1-9.htm">Home</a> <a href="/ruth/1-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/ruth/1-9.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/ruth/2-13.htm">Kindly</a> <a href="/ruth/2-20.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/ruth/1-14.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/job/31-15.htm">Mothers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-30.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Naomi</a> <a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Na'omi</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-15.htm">Show</a> <a href="/ruth/2-11.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Ruth 1</div>1. <a href="/ruth/1-1.htm">Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there</a> 4. <a href="/ruth/1-4.htm">Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also</a> 6. <a href="/ruth/1-6.htm">Naomi, returning homeward</a> 8. <a href="/ruth/1-8.htm">dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her</a> 14. <a href="/ruth/1-14.htm">Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her</a> 19. <a href="/ruth/1-19.htm">The two come to Bethlehem, where they are gladly received</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ruth/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ruth/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ruth/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law Naomi, a widow, is addressing her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, who are also widows. This reflects the patriarchal society of ancient Israel, where women often relied on male relatives for support. Naomi's decision to speak to them highlights her role as the matriarch and her concern for their well-being. The context is set in the time of the judges, a period marked by social and religious upheaval in Israel (<a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a>).Go back, each of you to your mother’s home Naomi urges Orpah and Ruth to return to their maternal homes, which suggests a cultural norm where a widow might find refuge and support with her birth family. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern custom of returning to one's family of origin in times of distress. The mention of the "mother's home" rather than the father's may indicate a focus on the nurturing aspect of the family or the role of the mother in arranging future marriages (<a href="/genesis/24-28.htm">Genesis 24:28</a>).May the LORD show you loving devotion Naomi invokes the name of the LORD (Yahweh), the covenant God of Israel, asking Him to show "loving devotion" or "chesed" to her daughters-in-law. This term encompasses kindness, loyalty, and faithfulness, central themes in the book of Ruth. It reflects the covenantal love God shows to His people, as seen in His promises to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>) and His enduring faithfulness throughout Israel's history.as you have shown to your dead and to me Naomi acknowledges the loyalty and kindness Orpah and Ruth have demonstrated to their deceased husbands and to her. This highlights the theme of loyalty and familial duty, which is a key element in the narrative. Their actions prefigure the selfless love and commitment that Ruth will continue to show, ultimately leading to her inclusion in the lineage of David and, by extension, Jesus Christ (<a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a>). This foreshadows the redemptive work of Christ, who embodies perfect loving devotion.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/naomi.htm">Naomi</a> A widow from Bethlehem who moved to Moab during a famine. She is the mother-in-law of Ruth and Orpah. 2. <a href="/topical/r/ruth.htm">Ruth</a> A Moabite woman, widow of Naomi's son, who later becomes a key figure in the lineage of David and Jesus. 3. <a href="/topical/o/orpah.htm">Orpah</a> Another Moabite woman, also a widow of Naomi's son, who initially sets out with Naomi but eventually returns to her people. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a> A region east of the Dead Sea, often in conflict with Israel, yet significant in this account as the place where Naomi's family sought refuge. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant name of God, invoked by Naomi as she blesses her daughters-in-law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_chesed.htm">Understanding Chesed (Kindness)</a> The Hebrew word "chesed" implies a loyal, steadfast love that goes beyond duty. Naomi's blessing is a prayer for God's covenantal love to be upon Ruth and Orpah. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_family_and_community.htm">The Role of Family and Community</a> Naomi's instruction to return to their mothers' homes underscores the importance of family support systems in times of crisis. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_providence.htm">Faith in God's Providence</a> Naomi's invocation of the LORD's kindness reflects her faith in God's sovereignty, even amidst personal loss and uncertainty. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_blessing.htm">The Power of Blessing</a> Naomi's blessing is an act of faith and love, demonstrating the power of spoken blessings in the lives of others. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_spiritual_identity.htm">Cultural and Spiritual Identity</a> The decision facing Ruth and Orpah highlights the tension between cultural identity and spiritual allegiance, a theme relevant to believers navigating diverse cultural contexts today.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ruth_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ruth 1</a> <a href="/q/who_was_naomi_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Naomi in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_ruth_stay,_but_orpah_leave.htm">Why did Ruth stay with Naomi while Orpah left?</a> <a href="/q/what_occurred_at_baal_of_peor.htm">What is the definition of lovingkindness?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_support_song_of_solomon_8_2-4.htm">Are there any archaeological findings that corroborate the cultural practices alluded to in Song of Solomon 8:2–4, or are these references purely poetic? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ruth/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Return.--Naomi's love is all unselfish. The company of Ruth and Orpah would clearly have been a great solace to her, yet she will not sacrifice them to herself. They each had a mother and a home; the latter, Naomi might fail to secure to them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ruth/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house. She reverted, with deeper earnestness, to their theme, of discussion. She acknowledged that most kindly had they acted toward her. Her heart was filled with gratitude. It was likewise agitated with grief at the prospect of bidding them a final farewell, Nevertheless, she felt that it would be unreasonable and unkind to invite them to be, to any further degree, sharers of her adversity. Hence, thanking them for their loving convoy, she would remind them that every step further on would only increase the length of their return-journey; and she said, Go, return each to her mother's home. There, in the females' apartment, and in the bosom of their mothers, they would surely find a welcome and a refuge. She judges of their mothers by herself, and she refers rather to them than to their fathers, partly, perhaps, because she bears in mind her own motherhood, but principally, no doubt, because, in those Oriental countries, it lay very particularly within the province of mothers to make arrangements in reference to their daughters. May Yahveh deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the deceased, and with me. It is beautiful gratitude, and at the same time a touching monument to the faithfulness and gentleness that had characterized and adorned the young widows. Her simple Hebrew theology, moreover, comes finely out. She assumes that her own Yahveh reigned in Moab as in Judah, and that all blessing descended from him. There is a little peculiarity in the Hebrew pronouns in this clause. They are masculine instead of feminine. The influence of the stronger sex overrides grammatically, for the moment, the influence of the weaker. <a href="/commentaries/ruth/1-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Naomi נָעֳמִי֙ (nā·‘o·mî) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5281.htm">Strong's 5281: </a> Naomi -- mother-in-law of Ruth said וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to her two לִשְׁתֵּ֣י (liš·tê) Preposition-l | Number - fdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> Two (a cardinal number) daughters-in-law, כַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ (ḵal·lō·ṯe·hā) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3618.htm">Strong's 3618: </a> Daughter-in-law, bride “Go לֵ֣כְנָה (lê·ḵə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk back, שֹּׁ֔בְנָה (šō·ḇə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again each of you אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female to your mother’s אִמָּ֑הּ (’im·māh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> A mother, ) home. לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house May the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel show יַ֣עַשׂ (ya·‘aś) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make you עִמָּכֶם֙ (‘im·mā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with loving devotion, חֶ֔סֶד (ḥe·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty as כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you have shown עֲשִׂיתֶ֛ם (‘ă·śî·ṯem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make to עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with your dead הַמֵּתִ֖ים (ham·mê·ṯîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> To die, to kill and to me. וְעִמָּדִֽי׃ (wə·‘im·mā·ḏî) Conjunctive waw | Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ruth/1-8.htm">Ruth 1:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ruth/1-8.htm">OT History: Ruth 1:8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law Go (Ru Rut.)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ruth/1-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 1:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 1:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ruth/1-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 1:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 1:9" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>