KJV King James Version
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
WEB World English Bible
It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Surrounding context — Ruth 1
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beבִּימֵי֙H3117 · yomdayשְׁפֹ֣טH8199 · sha.phatto judgeהַשֹּׁפְטִ֔יםH8199 · sha.phatto judgeוַיְהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto beרָעָ֖בH7458 · ra.avfamineבָּאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוַיֵּ֨לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאִ֜ישׁH376 · ishmanמִבֵּ֧יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלֶ֣חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemיְהוּדָ֗הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahלָגוּר֙H1481 · gurto sojournבִּשְׂדֵ֣יH7704 · sa.daySirionמוֹאָ֔בH4124 · mo.avMoabה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanוּשְׁנֵ֥יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoבָנָֽיו׃H1121 · benson: child
Cross-references
Genesis 12:10And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.Ezekiel 14:13Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:Judges 17:8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.Joel 1:16-20Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?Genesis 43:1And the famine [was] sore in the land.2 Kings 8:1-2Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.Leviticus 26:19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:Deuteronomy 28:38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust shall consume it.Judges 2:16-18Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.Deuteronomy 28:23-24And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron.Psalm 105:16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.Joel 1:10-11The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.Amos 4:6And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.Ezekiel 14:21For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?Judges 19:1-2And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.Psalm 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.1 Kings 18:2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
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