Ruth 1:1 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 1 Now in the days when the judges+ administered justice,* a famine occurred in the land; and a man went from Bethʹle·hem+ in Judah to reside as a foreigner in the fields* of Moʹab,+ he along with his wife and his two sons. Micah 5:2 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 2 And you, O Bethʹle·hem Ephʹra·thah,+The one too little to be among the thousands* of Judah,From you will come out for me the one to be ruler in Israel,+Whose origin is from ancient times, from the days of long ago.
1 Now in the days when the judges+ administered justice,* a famine occurred in the land; and a man went from Bethʹle·hem+ in Judah to reside as a foreigner in the fields* of Moʹab,+ he along with his wife and his two sons.
2 And you, O Bethʹle·hem Ephʹra·thah,+The one too little to be among the thousands* of Judah,From you will come out for me the one to be ruler in Israel,+Whose origin is from ancient times, from the days of long ago.