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Ruth 1:4

NETBible	So her sons¹ married² Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.)³ And they continued to live there about ten years.
NIV © biblegateway Rut 1:4	They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
NASB © biblegateway Rut 1:4	They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.
NLT © biblegateway Rut 1:4	The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,
MSG © biblegateway Rut 1:4	The sons took Moabite wives; the name of the first was Orpah, the second Ruth. They lived there in Moab for the next ten years.
BBE © SABDAweb Rut 1:4	And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.
NRSV © bibleoremus Rut 1:4	These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years,
NKJV © biblegateway Rut 1:4	Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.
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KJV	And they took <05375> (8799) them wives <0802> of the women <0802> of Moab <04125>_; the name <08034> of the one <0259> [was] Orpah <06204>_, and the name <08034> of the other <08145> Ruth <07327>_: and they dwelled <03427> (8799) there about ten <06235> years <08141>_.
NASB © biblegateway Rut 1:4	They took <05375> for themselves <01992> Moabite <04125> women <0802> as wives <0802> ; the name <08034> of the one <0259> was Orpah <06204> and the name <08034> of the other <08145> Ruth <07327> . And they lived <03427> there <08033> about ten <06235> years <08141> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ elabosan <2983> V-AAI-3P eautoiv <1438> D-DPM gunaikav <1135> N-APF mwabitidav {A-APF} onoma <3686> N-NSN th <3588> T-DSF mia <1519> A-DSF orfa {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ onoma <3686> N-NSN th <3588> T-DSF deutera <1208> A-DSF rouy {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ katwkhsan {V-AAI-3P} ekei <1563> ADV wv <3739> CONJ deka <1176> N-NUI eth <2094> N-APN
NET [draft] ITL	So her sons married <05375> Moabite <04125> women <0802> . (One <0259> was named <08034> Orpah <06204> and the other <08145> Ruth <07327> .) And they continued to live <03427> there <08033> about ten <06235> years <08141> .
HEBREW	Myns <08141> rvek <06235> Ms <08033> wbsyw <03427> twr <07327> tynsh <08145> Msw <08034> hpre <06204> txah <0259> Ms <08034> twybam <04125> Mysn <0802> Mhl <0> wavyw (1:4) <05375>

NETBible

So her sons¹ married² Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.)³ And they continued to live there about ten years.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “they.” The verb is 3rd person masculine plural referring to Naomi’s sons, as the translation indicates.

²tn Heb “and they lifted up for themselves Moabite wives.” When used with the noun “wife,” the verb נָשָׂא (nasa’, “to lift up, carry, take”) forms the idiom “to take a wife,” that is, to marry (BDB 673 s.v. Qal.3.d; 2 Chr 11:21; 13:21; 24:3; Ezra 9:2,12; 10:44; Neh 13:25).

³tn Heb “the name of the one [was] Orpah and the name of the second [was] Ruth.”

³sn The name Orpah (עָרְפָּה, ’orpah) is from the noun עֹרֶף (’oref, “back of the neck”) and the related verb (“to turn one’s back”). The name Ruth (רוּת, rut) is from the noun רְעוּת (rÿ’ut, “friendship”), derived from the root רֵעַ (rea’, “friend, companion”). Ironically, Orpah will eventually turn her back on Naomi, while Ruth will display extraordinary friendship as her life-long companion (see 1:14). Since they seem to mirror the most definitive action of these women, perhaps they designate character types (as is the case with the name Mara in 1:21 and Peloni Almoni in 4:2) rather than their original birth names.