Ruth 1:8

And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go back to your mothers' houses: may the Lord be good to you as you have been good to the dead and to me:

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In The King James Version

And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

In Context

7And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah.

9May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.

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Cross References

Ruth 1:5And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 3:10And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

Luke 14:25Now a great number of people went with him.

Ephesians 6:2Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

Colossians 3:18Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

2 Timothy 1:16May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:7-19

Naomi Returns to Canaan; Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law; Ruth's Constancy to Naomi. ( b. c. 1312.) 6 Then 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. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to… Read the whole commentary →

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