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Ruth 1:4 KJV
Ruth · chapter 1 · verse 4
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.Ruth 1:4 · King James Version
Ruth 1:4 in context
2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
3And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
4And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
6Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dwelledyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- wivesʼishshâha womanH802 →
- OrpahʻOrpâhOrpah, a MoabitesH6204 →
- tooknâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- MoabMôwʼâbîya Moabite or MoabitessH4125 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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The first words give all the date we have of this story. It was in the days when the judges ruled (Rut 1:1), not in those disorderly times when there was no king in Israel; but under which of the judges these things happened we are not told, and the conjectures of the learned are very uncertain.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5