Ruth 1:14

Back to Ruth'

Orpah.

Gen 31:28; Gen 31:55; 1Kgs 19:20; Matt 10:37; Matt 19:22; Mark 10:21; Mark 10:22; 2Tim 4:10

but Ruth.

The LXX. add, [kai epestrepsen eis ton laon autes,] "and returned to her own people." The Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic are to the same purpose.

It seems a very natural addition, and agrees with the assertion in the next verse; and is accordingly adopted by Houbigant as a part of the text.

Deut 4:4; Deut 10:20; Prov 17:17; Prov 18:24; Isa 14:1; Zech 8:23; Matt 16:24

John 6:66-69; Acts 17:34; Heb 10:39