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.
KJV
In diebus unius judicis, quando judices præerant, facta est fames in terra. Abiitque homo de Bethlehem Juda, ut peregrinaretur in regione Moabitide cum uxore sua ac duobus liberis.
Vulgate
ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κρίνειν τοὺς κριτὰς καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐν τῇ γῇ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ Βαιθλέεμ τῆς Ἰούδα τοῦ παροικῆσαι ἐν ἀγρῷ Μωάβ, αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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 Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֗י בִּ/ימֵי֙ שְׁפֹ֣ט הַ/שֹּׁפְטִ֔ים וַ/יְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ אִ֜ישׁ מִ/בֵּ֧ית לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָ֗ה לָ/גוּר֙ בִּ/שְׂדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב ה֥וּא וְ/אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ וּ/שְׁנֵ֥י בָנָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Joshua's conquest of Canaan (the crossing of the Jordan, fall of Jericho, the allotment of the land) and the period of the Judges (Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson). Josephus follows the biblical narrative closely while harmonizing chronological difficulties.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 6:28 — If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoe
- 2Kgs 8:1 — Then 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;
- 2Kgs 8:1 — Then 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;
- Amos 4:6 — And 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.
- Deut 28:23 — And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
- Deut 28:38 — Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
- Ezek 14:13 — Son 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
- Gen 12:10 — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Gen 26:1 — And 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.
- Gen 43:1 — And the famine was sore in the land.
- Joel 1:10 — The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
- Joel 1:16 — Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
- Judg 2:16 — Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
- Judg 17:7 — And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
- Judg 17:8 — And 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.
- Lev 26:19 — And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
- Matt 2:5 — And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
- Ps 105:16 — Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.