Verse List for RUTH 1:1

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OET (OET-RV) Back in the time when the tribal leaders ruled Yisrael (Israel), there was a drought which caused a shortage of food, so a man from the town of Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem) in the Yehudah (Judah) region went to live in the country of Moab for a while, taking his wife and their two sons.

OET-LV And_he/it _was in_the _days _of the _judging of_the _judges and_he/it _was a _famine on _the_earth and_he/it _went a _man from_Bēyt- food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah) to_sojourn in_the _region(s)_of Mōʼāⱱ he and_his/its_woman/wife and_the _two _of sons _of_his.

ULT Now it happened in the days of the ruling of the judges that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went to live in the fields of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

UST During the time that judges ruled Israel, there was a famine in that country. A man from the town of Bethlehem in the region of Judah in the country of Israel left there and went to live for a while in the country of Moab. His wife and his two sons went with him.

BSB & MSB 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.

OEB In the time when the judges ruled, there was once a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah took his wife and two sons to live in the territory of Moab.

WEBBE & WMBB In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

NET During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

LSV And it comes to pass, in [the] days [when] the ones judging judge, that there is a famine in the land, and there goes a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

FBV There was a famine during the time when the judges ruled[fn] Israel, so a man left Bethlehem in Judah and went to live in exile in the country of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

T4T During the time before kings ruled Israel, ◄there was a famine/the people there had nothing to eat►. There was a man who lived there whose name was Elimelech. His wife’s name was Naomi, and his sons’ names were Mahlon and Chilion. They were all from Bethlehem town, from the Ephrath clan in Judah region.

LEB And it happened in the days when _⌊the judges ruled_⌋,[fn] there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem of Judah went _⌊to reside_⌋[fn] in the countryside of Moab—he and his wife and his two sons.

BBE Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.

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JPS 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 in Judah went to sojourn in the field of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

ASV 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.

DRA In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

YLT 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.

Drby And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

RV 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.

SLT And it will be in the days of the judging of the judges, and there will be a famine in the land. And a man from the house of bread of Judah will go to sojourn in the field of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

Wbstr 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 Beth-lehem-judah went to dwell in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

KJB-1769 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 Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ Nowe it came to passe in the dayes when y^e Iudges [fn]ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a certaine man of Bethlehem Iudah, went to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sonnes.
(¶ 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 Bethlehem Yudah, went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.)

Bshps It came to passe that whe the iudges ruled, there fel a dearth in the land, & a certein man of Bethlehe Iuda went for to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he and his wyfe, and his two sonnes.
(It came to pass that when the judges ruled, there fell a dearth in the land, and a certain man of Beth-lehem Yudah went for to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife, and his two sons.)

Gnva In the time that the Iudges ruled, there was a dearth in the lande, and a man of Beth-lehem Iudah went for to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sonnes.
(In the time that the Judges ruled, there was a dearth in the land, and a man of Beth-lehem Yudah went for to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.)

Cvdl In ye tyme whan the Iudges ruled, there was a derth in the londe. And there wente a ma from Bethlee Iuda to take his iourney into the londe of the Moabites wt his wife and two sonnes,
(In ye/you_all time when the Judges ruled, there was a death in the land. And there went a man from Beth-lehem Yudah to take his journey into the land of the Moabites with his wife and two sons,)

Wycl In the daies of o iuge, whanne iugis weren souereynes, hungur was maad in the lond; and a man of Bethleem of Juda yede to be a pylgrym in the cuntrei of Moab, with his wijf and twey fre sones.
(In the days of o judge, when judges were sovereigns, hunger was made in the land; and a man of Beth-lehem of Yudah went to be a pilgrim in the country of Moab, with his wife and twain/two_or_both free sons.)

Luth Zu der Zeit, da die Richter regierten, ward eine Teuerung im Lande. Und ein Mann von Bethlehem-Juda zog wallen in der Moabiter Land mit seinem Weibe und zween Söhnen.
(To/For the/of_the time/period, there the judge ruled, what/which a/one Teuerung in_the land. And a man from Bethlehem-Yuda pulled surge/flow in the/of_the Moabites country with his woman and two sons.)

ClVg 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.[fn]
(In days of_one judgements, when judges they_were_in_charge, facts it_is hungers in/into/on earth/land. Abiitque man from/about Bethlehem Yuda, as peregrinaretur in/into/on region Moabitide when/with wife his_own and for_two freedom.)

UHB וַ⁠יְהִ֗י בִּ⁠ימֵי֙ שְׁפֹ֣ט הַ⁠שֹּׁפְטִ֔ים וַ⁠יְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּ⁠אָ֑רֶץ וַ⁠יֵּ֨לֶךְ אִ֜ישׁ מִ⁠בֵּ֧ית לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָ֗ה לָ⁠גוּר֙ בִּ⁠שְׂדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב ה֥וּא וְ⁠אִשְׁתּ֖⁠וֹ וּ⁠שְׁנֵ֥י בָנָֽי⁠ו׃ ‡

BrLXX ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κρίνειν τοὺς κριτὰς, καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐν τῇ γῇ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ Ἰούδα τοῦ παροικῆσαι ἐν ἀγρῷ Μωὰβ, αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ δύο υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ.

BrTr And it came to pass when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a man went from Bethleem Juda to sojourn in the land of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

NETS It was when the judges were judging, and there was a famine in the land, and a man went from Baithleem in Iouda to sojourn in the countryside of Moab, he and his wife and his sons.