Ruth 1:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?””
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“So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?”
King James Version · Public Domain“So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, `Is this Naomi?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ruth 1:19 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 2:6The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
- 1 Chronicles 2:51Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
- Isaiah 23:7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- Matthew 21:10When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
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