“Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.”
King James Version (KJV)
1:5 Was left of her two sons, and her husband - Loss of children and widowhood are both come upon her. By whom shall she be comforted? It is God alone that is able to comfort those who are thus cast down.
1:6 Bread - That is, food; so she staid no longer there than necessity forced her.
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.
Wherefore she went foorth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her: and they went on the way to returne vnto the land of Iudah.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.
- Basic English Bible
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
- Darby Bible
Wherefore she went forth from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
- Webster's Bible
She went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
- World English Bible
And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible