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Ruth

The Book of Ruth

Ruth in the King James Version has 4 chapters and 85 verses. It opens: 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. (Ruth 1:1)

Chapters at a glance

  1. Chapter 1Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain…
  2. Chapter 2And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name…
  3. Chapter 3Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well…
  4. Chapter 4Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by…