Ruth 1:14
New International Version
At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

New Living Translation
And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi.

English Standard Version
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Berean Standard Bible
Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

King James Bible
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

New King James Version
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

New American Standard Bible
And they raised their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

NASB 1995
And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

NASB 1977
And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Amplified Bible
Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [goodbye], but Ruth clung to her.

Christian Standard Bible
Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

American Standard Version
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they lifted up their voices again and they wept, and Arpha kissed her mother in law, and she returned and went, but Ruth clung to her

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

Contemporary English Version
They cried again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth held on to her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep again: Orpha kissed her mother in law and returned: Ruth stuck close to her mother in law.

English Revised Version
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They began to cry loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth held on to her tightly.

Good News Translation
Again they started crying. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home, but Ruth held on to her.

International Standard Version
They began to cry loudly again. So Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye, but Ruth remained with her.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.

Literal Standard Version
And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisses her mother-in-law, and Ruth has cleaved to her.

Majority Standard Bible
Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

New American Bible
Again they wept aloud; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye, but Ruth clung to her.

NET Bible
Again they wept loudly. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung tightly to her.

New Revised Standard Version
Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

New Heart English Bible
They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people, but Ruth clung to her.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved to her.

World English Bible
They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her.

Young's Literal Translation
And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi
13would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.” 14Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. 15“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”…

Cross References
Ruth 1:13
would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me."

Ruth 1:15
"Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home."

2 Samuel 19:39
So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned home.


Treasury of Scripture

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth joined to her.

Orpah

Genesis 31:28,55
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing…

1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

but Ruth the LXX.

Deuteronomy 4:4
But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

Deuteronomy 10:20
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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Ruth 1
1. Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there
4. Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also
6. Naomi, returning homeward
8. dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her
14. Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her
19. The two come to Bethlehem, where they are gladly received














(14) Kissed.--Orpah, though unwilling to leave her mother-in-law, and though warmly attached to her, still thinks of the hardships of the journey, of the hardships when the journey is done; and the comforts of home detain her.

Verse 14. - And they, the daughters-in-law, lifted up their voice in unison and unity, as if instead of two voices there had been but one. Hence the propriety of the singular number, as in ver. 9. And wept again. The "again" doubles back on the statement in ver. 9. With uplifted voice, in shrill Oriental wail, and amid streams of tears, they bemoaned their hapless lot. Then, after the paroxysm of grief had somewhat spent itself, Orpah yielded to her mother-in-law's dissuasives, and at length imprinted on her, reluctantly and passionately, a farewell kiss. Then, not waiting to ascertain the ultimate decision of Ruth, or rather, perhaps, having now a fixed presentiment what it would be, she moved regretfully and tearfully away. She was afraid, perhaps, that if she, as well as Ruth, should insist on accompanying her mother-in-law, the two might be unreasonably burdensome to the aged widow. Perhaps, too, she was not without fear that her own burden in a foreign land, amid strangers, might be too heavy to be borne. There is not, however, the slightest need for supposing that she was, in any respect, deficient in attachment to her mother-in-law. But, it is added, Ruth clave to her mother-in-law, all reasonings, remonstrances, dissuasives on Naomi's part notwithstanding. Ruth would not be parted from her. "Clave." It is the same word that is used in the primitive law of marriage. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It occurs again in Psalm 63:8: "My soul followeth hard after thee; and in Psalm 119:31: "I have stuck to thy testimonies." Joshua said, "Cleave unto the Lord thy God" (Joshua 23:8); and many have had sweet, while others have had bitter, experience of the truth that "there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24).

CHAPTER 1:15-22.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Again
ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

they wept
וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה (wat·tiḇ·ke·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan

aloud,
וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה (wat·tiś·śe·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

and Orpah
עָרְפָּה֙ (‘ā·rə·pāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6204: Orpah -- sister-in-law of Ruth

kissed
וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק (wat·tiš·šaq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5401: To kiss, to equip with weapons

her mother-in-law {goodbye},
לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ (la·ḥă·mō·w·ṯāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2545: Husband's mother

but Ruth
וְר֖וּת (wə·rūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7327: Ruth -- 'friendship', a Moabite ancestress of David

clung
דָּ֥בְקָה (dā·ḇə·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to her.
בָּֽהּ׃ (bāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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