Ruth 1:4 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and they take to them wives, Moabitesses: the name of the one [is] Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwell there about ten years.

English ASV

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 dwelt there about ten years.

English Amplified

And they took wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They dwelt there about ten years;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And they took wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They dwelt there about ten years;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about ten years,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And they took them Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode there about ten years.

English EASY 2024

Then Naomi's sons married women from Moab. Mahlon married a woman called Ruth. Kilion married a woman called Orpah.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Her sons married women from the country of Moab. One wife's name was Orpah, and the other wife's name was Ruth. They lived in Moab about ten years,

These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

who married Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. About ten years later

English God's Word - GW 1995

Each son married a woman from Moab. One son married a woman named Orpah, and the other son married a woman named Ruth. They lived there for about ten years.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about 10 years,

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They took Moabite wives for themselves; the name of one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

who married Moabite women, one named Orpah, the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So her sons married Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.) And they continued to live there about ten years.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They got married to women from Moab. One was named Orpah. The other was named Ruth. Naomi's family lived in Moab for about ten years.

English NIV

They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,

English NKJ 1982

Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.

English NLT

The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years,

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The two sons both married Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. About ten years later,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They lived there about ten years;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

These young men, Mahlon and Chilion, married girls of Moab, Orpah and Ruth.

English Tyndale 1537

which took them wives of the nations of the Moabites: the one's name Orphah and the other's Ruth. And when they had dwelled there about a ten years,