Ruth 1:9 (DBY)

Passage

Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept.

Nearby Context

Ruth 1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

Ruth 1:8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead and with me.

Ruth 1:9 Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept.

Ruth 1:10 And they said to her, We will certainly return with thee to thy people.

Ruth 1:11 And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "grant", "find", "rest", "each", "house", "husband", and "kissed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "grant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law..." into verse 10's "And they said to her We will...", so "jehovah" and "grant" belong inside that flow. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "grant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.