Ruth 1:1 - The Scriptures 2009

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 Bĕyth Leḥem, Yehuḏah, went to sojourn in the fields of Mo’aḇ, he and his wife and his two sons.

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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 Aḇram went down to Mitsrayim to dwell there, for the scarcity of food was severe in the land.

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 Aḇraham. And Yitsḥaq went to Aḇimeleḵ, sovereign of the Philistines, in Gerar.

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,

Judges 17:8

And the man went out of the city of Bĕyth Leḥem in Yehuḏah to sojourn wherever he could find a place. And he came to the mountains of Ephrayim, to the house of Miḵah, as he journeyed.

Leviticus 26:19

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

Genesis 43:1

But the scarcity of food was severe in the land.

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.

Psalm 105:16

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

Deuteronomy 28:38

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

Jeremiah 14:1

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

Psalm 107:34

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

1 Kings 18:2

Thereupon Ěliyahu went to present himself to Aḥaḇ. And the scarcity of food in Shomeron was severe.

Judges 12:8

And after him, Iḇtsan of Bĕyth Leḥem ruled Yisra’ĕl.

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ for three years, year after year. And Dawiḏ sought the face of יהוה, and יהוה answered, “Because of Sha’ul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Giḇ‛onites.”

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man from Bĕyth Leḥem in Yehuḏah, of the clan of Yehuḏah. And he was a Lĕwite, and he was sojourning there.

Micah 5:2

“But you, Bĕyth Leḥem Ephrathah, you who are little among the clans of Yehuḏah, out of you shall come forth to Me the One to become Ruler in Yisra’ĕl. And His comings forth are of old, from everlasting.”

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bĕyth Leḥem, Ḥarĕph the father of Bĕyth Gaḏer.

1 Chronicles 2:54

The sons of Salma: Bĕyth Leḥem, the Netophathites, Atroth Bĕyth Yo’aḇ, and half of the Menaḥtites, and the Tsor‛ites.