15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to (A)her people and to her gods; (B)return after your sister-in-law.”

16 But Ruth said:

(C)“Entreat[a] me not to leave you,
Or to turn back from following after you;
For wherever you go, I will go;
And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;
(D)Your people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.
17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
(E)The Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”

18 (F)When she saw that she [b]was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:16 Urge me not
  2. Ruth 1:18 Lit. made herself strong to go

15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

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