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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 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.
WMBB (Same as above)
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.
Moff No Moff RUTH book available
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.
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 ye 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 Bethlehem 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 Bethlehem Yudah to take his journey into the land of the Moabites with his wife and two sons,)
Wyc 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 Bethlehem of Yudah went to be a pilgrim in the country of Moab, with his wife and two 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.
(Zu the/of_the Zeit, there the Richter regierten, what/which one Teuerung in_the land. And a man from Bethlehem-Yuda pulled wallen in the/of_the Moabiter Land with his Weibe and zween sonsn.)
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 yudicis, when yudices præerant, facts it_is fames in terra. Abiitque human about Bethlehem Yuda, as peregrinaretur in regione Moabitide when/with uxore his_own ac duobus liberis. )
