Ruth 1:9 (DRB)

Passage

May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands whom you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep,

Nearby Context

Ruth 1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place of her sojournment, with both her daughters in law: and being now in the way to return into the land of Juda,

Ruth 1:8 She said to them: Go ye home to your mothers, the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

Ruth 1:9 May he grant you to find rest in the houses of the husbands whom you shall take. And she kissed them. And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep,

Ruth 1:10 And to say: We will go on with thee to thy people.

Ruth 1:11 But she answered them: Return, my daughters: why come ye with me? have I any more sons in my womb, that you may hope for husbands of me?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "She said to them Go ye home..." into verse 10's "And to say We will go on...", so "grant" and "find" 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 "grant" and "find" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.