Ruth 1:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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.

Ver. 9. The Lord grant you, that ye may find rest,] i.e., The Lord give you good husbands - Rth 3:2-9 - with whom you may live contentedly and comfortably. God is the chief marriage maker: but now-a-days, Dowry not God Dos, non Deus: and it proveth accordingly. Bag and baggage go oft together, &c.

And they lifted up their voice, and wept.] And so answered the kindness of her kiss. See 1Sa 20:41 Acts 20:37 .

Ruth 1:9

9 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.