Ruth 1: 1

a Judg. 2: 16.
   Mosiah 29: 44 (11-44).

Ruth 1: 2

a HEB My God is king.
b Gen. 35: 19.

Ruth 1: 11

a Deut. 25: 5.

Ruth 1: 14

a IE held fast to.
   TG Example.

Ruth 1: 16

a TG Family, Love within.
b TG Loyalty.
c TG Brotherhood and Sisterhood.
d TG Conversion.

Ruth 1: 18

a TG Commitment.
   TG Courage.
   TG Perseverance.
   TG Steadfastness.

Ruth 1: 20

a IE Pleasant.
b IE a name given to Naomi by herself, which means ‘bitter, ‘ or ‘very sad.’

Ruth 1: 21

a OR humbled me (so also in the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate).

Ruth 2: 1

a HEB In him is strength, swiftness, quickness.

Ruth 2: 2

a Lev. 19: 9.
   Deut. 24: 19.
b OR grain.

Ruth 2: 3

a OR chance, good fortune.

Ruth 2: 8

a Lev. 19: 9.
b OR close.

Ruth 2: 10

a OR notice.

Ruth 2: 12

a D&C 70: 15.
b Ps. 57: 1.

Ruth 2: 13

a TG Friendship.

Ruth 2: 14

a OR grain.
b IE left some food.

Ruth 2: 19

a OR told.
b OR worked.

Ruth 2: 20

a OR ceased.
b OR redeemers; one of those having the right to redeem.
c Ruth 3: 9 (9, 12-13).
   Ruth 4: 1 (1, 3, 6, 8).
   TG Redemption.

Ruth 2: 21

a OR close.

Ruth 2: 22

a OR find.

Ruth 3: 1

a Implying marriage.

Ruth 3: 3

a IE threshing floor.

Ruth 3: 7

a OR grain.

Ruth 3: 9

a Ruth 2: 20.

Ruth 3: 11

a Prov. 12: 4.
   Moro. 9: 9.

Ruth 3: 12

a Deut. 25: 5.

Ruth 3: 13

a Matt. 22: 24.

Ruth 3: 15

a OR cloak, mantle; a square piece of cloth used as an outer robe.

Ruth 4: 1

a Gen. 23: 10.
Josh. 20: 4.
b Ruth 2: 20.
c In Heb. a manner of address to a certain unnamed person as ‘Mr So & So.’

Ruth 4: 2

a Josh. 20: 4.

Ruth 4: 4

a Lev. 25: 25.
b TG Redemption.

Ruth 4: 5

a TG Widows.
b Deut. 25: 5 (5-6).
   TG Name.

Ruth 4: 6

a TG Selfishness.
b Deut. 25: 6 (5-6).

Ruth 4: 7

a OR exchanging, doing business.
b Deut. 25: 9 (5-10).

Ruth 4: 10

a Deut. 25: 6.

Ruth 4: 11

a OR may you do well.

Ruth 4: 15

a TG Old Age.

Ruth 4: 18

a Gen. 38: 29 (1-30).
   1 Chr. 2: 4 (4-15).
   Matt. 1: 3 (3-6).
   Luke 3: 33 (23-38).

Ruth 4: 21

a Matt. 1: 5.