Books of the Bible / Ruth
Random Verse from Ruth
Roll a random verse from Ruth -- 4 chapters, 85 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not harm you in any other field.””
Ruth 2:22
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Ruth (summary)
Ruth is book 8 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 4 chapters and 85 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Ruth compared to other books of the Bible?
Ruth is the 50th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 85 verses across 4 chapters -- an average of 21.3 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Ruth sit among the other Old Testament books?
Ruth is book 8 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 8 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Ruth?
Judges comes directly before it (21 chapters). 1 Samuel comes directly after it (31 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 85 verses in Ruth -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.