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Ruth 1:12-14
New American Standard Bible 1995
Ruth 1:12-14
New American Standard Bible 1995
12 Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons, 13 would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is [a]harder for me than for you, for (A)the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.”
Ruth’s Loyalty
14 And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
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- Ruth 1:13 Lit more bitter
New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)
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