Ruth 1:17

World English Bible

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”

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Ruth 1:17 in other translations

where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.

Ruth 1:17 · American Standard Version

Ruth 1:17 in context

  1. 15She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”
  2. 16Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.
  3. 17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
  4. 18When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
  5. 19So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”

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