Ruth 1:6-14
New Living Translation
Naomi and Ruth Return
6 Then Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
8 But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. 9 May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.
10 “No,” they said. “We want to go with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands? 12 No, my daughters, return to your parents’ homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what? 13 Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord himself has raised his fist against me.”
14 And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi.
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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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