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Berean Standard Bible

“So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?””

Ruth 1:19

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Naomi and Ruth have walked the roughly fifty miles from Moab to Bethlehem. Naomi left with a family during a famine and returns widowed and without her sons.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

World English Bible (WEB)

So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”

King James Version (KJV)

So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

American Standard Version (ASV)

So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

So the two of them went on till they came to Beth-lehem. And when they came to Beth-lehem all the town was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Anduvieron pues ellas dos hasta que llegaron á Beth-lehem: y aconteció que entrando en Beth-lehem, toda la ciudad se conmovió por razón de ellas, y decían: ¿No es ésta Noemi?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Al llegar ambas a Belén, el pueblo se conmovió. ―¿Es realmente Noemí? —preguntaban las mujeres.

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