Ruth 1:9

May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands which you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice and began to weep,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8She said to them: Go ye home to your mothers: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

10And to say: We will go on with thee to thy people.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:11And having watered the flock, he kissed her: and lifting up his voice, wept.

Genesis 45:15And Joseph kissed all his brethren, and wept upon every one of them: after which they were emboldened to ,peak to him.

Acts 20:37And there was much weeping among them all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,

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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