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Ruth 1:11-18
New International Version
Ruth 1:11-18
New International Version
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?(A) 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up?(B) Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter(C) for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!(D)”
14 At this they wept(E) aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law(F) goodbye,(G) but Ruth clung to her.(H)
15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law(I) is going back to her people and her gods.(J) Go back with her.”
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(K) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(L) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(M) and your God my God.(N) 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(O) if even death separates you and me.”(P) 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.(Q)
Ruth 1:11-18
King James Version
Ruth 1:11-18
King James Version
11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
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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