KJV King James Version
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?
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Ruth 1:19
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
WEB World English Bible
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
ASV American Standard Version
So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, ‘Is this Naomi?’
Surrounding context — Ruth 1
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, [or] to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.
18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?
20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָהH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentשְׁתֵּיהֶ֔םH8147 · she.na.yimtwoעַד־H5704 · adtillבֹּאָ֖נָהH935 · boto come (in): comeבֵּ֣יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלָ֑חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemוַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beכְּבֹאָ֙נָה֙H935 · boto come (in): comeבֵּ֣יתH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלֶ֔חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemוַתֵּהֹ֤םH1949 · humto make noiseכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָעִיר֙H5892 · irexcitementעֲלֵיהֶ֔ןH5921 · aluponוַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָהH559 · a.marto sayהֲזֹ֥אתH2063 · zotthisנָעֳמִֽי׃H5281 · no.o.miNaomi
Cross-references
Matthew 21:10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?Isaiah 23:7[Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
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