Ruth 1:6-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ruth’s Loyalty to Naomi
6 She and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the Lord had paid attention to His people’s need by providing them food.(A) 7 She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah.
8 She said to them, “Each of you go back to your mother’s home.(B) May the Lord show faithful love to you as you have shown to the dead and to me. 9 May the Lord enable each of you to find security(C) in the house of your new husband.” She kissed them, and they wept loudly.
10 “No,” they said to her. “We will go with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Am I able to have any more sons[a] who could become your husbands?(D) 12 Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, 13 would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying?[b] No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share,[c] because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.”(E) 14 Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
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Ruth 1:6-14
International Standard Version
Naomi Returns to Judah
6 She and her daughters-in-law prepared to return from the country of Moab, because she had heard while living there[a] how the Lord had come to the aid of his people, giving them relief.[b] 7 So she left the place where she had been, along with her two daughters-in-law, and they traveled along the return road to the land of Judah. 8 But along the way,[c] Naomi told her two daughters-in-law, “Each of you go back home. Return to your mother’s house. May the Lord show his gracious love to you, as you have shown me and our loved ones who have died.[d] 9 May the Lord grant each of you security in your new[e] husbands’ households.” Then she kissed them good-bye,[f] and they cried loudly.
10 They both replied to her, “No! We’ll go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi responded, “Go back, my daughters. Why go with me? Are there still sons to be born to me[g] as future husbands for you? 12 So go on back, my daughters! Be on your way! I’m too old to remarry.[h] If I were to say that I’m hoping for a husband tonight and then also bore sons this very night,[i] 13 would you wait for them until they were grown? Would you refrain from marriage for them? No, my daughters! I’m more deeply grieved than you, because[j] the Lord is working against me!”
Ruth Remains with Naomi
14 They began to cry loudly again. So Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye,[k] but Ruth remained with her.
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- Ruth 1:6 Lit. living in the country of Moab
- Ruth 1:6 Lit. bread or food
- Ruth 1:8 The Heb. lacks along the way
- Ruth 1:8 Lit. and the dead
- Ruth 1:9 The Heb. lacks new
- Ruth 1:9 The Heb. lacks good-bye
- Ruth 1:11 Lit. sons in my womb
- Ruth 1:12 Lit. to have a husband
- Ruth 1:12 The Heb. lacks this very night
- Ruth 1:13 Lit. because the hand of
- Ruth 1:14 The Heb. lacks good-bye
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