Ruth 1:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And it came to be, in the days when the rulers ruled, that there was a scarcity of food in the land. And a man from Bĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ IN THE days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Common English Bible

¹ During the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. A man with his wife and two sons went from Bethlehem of Judah to dwell in the territory of Moab.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah departed to sojourn in the region of the Moabites with his wife and two children.

Ruth 1:1 Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇ

Genesis 26:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the land, besides the first scarcity of food which was in the days of Aḇ

Genesis 43:1

But the scarcity of food was severe in the land.

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

1 Kings 18:2

Thereupon Ě

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bĕ

1 Chronicles 2:54

The sons of Salma: Bĕ

Psalm 105:16

And He called for a scarcity of food in the land; He cut off all the supply of bread.

Psalm 107:34

A land of fruit becomes a salty desert, For the evil of those who dwell in it.

Jeremiah 14:1

The word of יהוה  that came to Yirmeyahu concerning the matter of droughts.

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, when a land sins against Me to commit a trespass, and I shall stretch out My hand against it, and cut off its supply of bread and send scarcity of food on it, and cut off man and beast from it,

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus said the Master יהוה, “How much more it shall be when I send My four evil judgments on Yerushalayim: the sword and scarcity of food and evil beasts and pestilence, to cut off man and beast from it?

Leviticus 26:19

‘And I shall break the pride of your power, and shall make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

Amos 4:6

“And I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places. But you did not turn back to Me,” declares יהוה.

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bĕ

Deuteronomy 28:38

“You take much seed out into the field but gather little in, for the locust consumes it.

Judges 12:8

And after him, Iḇ

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man from Bĕ

Judges 17:8

And the man went out of the city of Bĕ