Ruth Chapter 1 verse 14 Holy Bible
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.
read chapter 1 in ASV
Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.
read chapter 1 in BBE
And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.
read chapter 1 in DARBY
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
read chapter 1 in KJV
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth cleaved to her.
read chapter 1 in WBT
They lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
read chapter 1 in WEB
And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.
read chapter 1 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - And they, the daughters-in-law, lifted up their voice in unison and unity, as if instead of two voices there had been but one. Hence the propriety of the singular number, as in ver. 9. And wept again. The "again" doubles back on the statement in ver. 9. With uplifted voice, in shrill Oriental wail, and amid streams of tears, they bemoaned their hapless lot. Then, after the paroxysm of grief had somewhat spent itself, Orpah yielded to her mother-in-law's dissuasives, and at length imprinted on her, reluctantly and passionately, a farewell kiss. Then, not waiting to ascertain the ultimate decision of Ruth, or rather, perhaps, having now a fixed presentiment what it would be, she moved regretfully and tearfully away. She was afraid, perhaps, that if she, as well as Ruth, should insist on accompanying her mother-in-law, the two might be unreasonably burdensome to the aged widow. Perhaps, too, she was not without fear that her own burden in a foreign land, amid strangers, might be too heavy to be borne. There is not, however, the slightest need for supposing that she was, in any respect, deficient in attachment to her mother-in-law. But, it is added, Ruth clave to her mother-in-law, all reasonings, remonstrances, dissuasives on Naomi's part notwithstanding. Ruth would not be parted from her. "Clave." It is the same word that is used in the primitive law of marriage. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It occurs again in Psalm 63:8: "My soul followeth hard after thee; and in Psalm 119:31: "I have stuck to thy testimonies." Joshua said, "Cleave unto the Lord thy God" (Joshua 23:8); and many have had sweet, while others have had bitter, experience of the truth that "there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother" (Proverbs 18:24). CHAPTER 1:15-22.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Kissed.--Orpah, though unwilling to leave her mother-in-law, and though warmly attached to her, still thinks of the hardships of the journey, of the hardships when the journey is done; and the comforts of home detain her.
