Ruth 1:14 (YLT)

Passage

And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

Nearby Context

Ruth 1:12 Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:

Ruth 1:13 for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.'

Ruth 1:14 And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

Ruth 1:15 And she saith, `Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.'

Ruth 1:16 And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lift", "voice", "weep", "again", "orpah", "kisseth", "mother-in-law", and "ruth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lift" and "voice", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "for them do ye wait till that..." into verse 15's "And she saith Lo thy sister-in-law hath...", so "lift" and "voice" 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 "lift" and "voice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.