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Ruth 1:9

Ruth 1:9
The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The Lord grant you,.... Some make a supplement here, the Targum a perfect reward, Aben Ezra an husband; and so Josephus says (c), she wished them happier marriages than they had with her sons, who…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ruth 1:6-18

See here, I. The good affection Naomi bore to the land of Israel, Rut 1:6. Though she could not stay in it while the famine lasted, she would not stay out of it when the famine ceased. Though the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

that ye may find rest Cf. Rth 3:1; Naomi had in her mind another home for them, i. e. a second marriage. The story is told with much naturalness and delicacy.

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