The Lord grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
Parallel translations
- WEB May Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices, and wept.
- KJV 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.
- BSB May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
- ESV The LORD grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.
- NASB May the Lord grant that you may find a place of rest, each one in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they raised their voices and wept.
- NLT May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.
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Quick answer
Naomi prays that each woman would find 'rest' in a new marriage, then kisses them as all three weep. The scene shows deep love and the theme of rest that the book will resolve.
Overview
'Rest' here means the security of a settled home through marriage. Naomi's tearful blessing reveals genuine affection and her concern for their future welfare. The longing for rest runs through Ruth, finding its answer when Boaz redeems Ruth—a quiet picture of the deeper rest God gives His people, ultimately in Christ.
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- Ruth 3:1Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
- Gen 29:11Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
- Acts 20:37They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,
- Gen 45:15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.
- Gen 27:27He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
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Boaz the kinsman-redeemer who buys back the destitute and takes a bride foreshadows Christ, our Redeemer who pays the price to make a people his own; and from Ruth's line comes David, and David's greater Son.
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