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Ruth 1:13

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would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for Yahweh’s hand has gone out against me.”

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Ruth 1:13 in other translations

would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

Ruth 1:13 · American Standard Version

Ruth 1:13 in context

  1. 11Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
  2. 12Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons,
  3. 13would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for Yahweh’s hand has gone out against me.”
  4. 14They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her.
  5. 15She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”