Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her." — Ruth 1:14 (ASV)
Kissed. —Orpah, though unwilling to leave her mother-in-law, and though warmly attached to her, still thinks of the hardships of the journey, of the hardships when the journey is done; and the comforts of home detain her.