Ruth 1:6-14
English Standard Version
Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi
6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the fields of Moab that (A)the Lord had visited his people and (B)given them food. 7 So she set out from the place where she was with her two daughters-in-law, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. 8 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord (C)deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with (D)the dead and with me. 9 The Lord grant that you may find (E)rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. 10 And they said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” 11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb (F)that they may become your husbands? 12 Turn back, my daughters; go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband this night and should bear sons, 13 would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that (G)the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.” 14 Then 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 1:6-14
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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