Ruth 1:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Ruth 1:14

12 Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons,

13 would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that ^athe 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 ^aclung to her.

15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to ^aher people and to her gods; ^breturn after your sister-in-law.”

16 But Ruth said:
^a“Entreat¹ 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;
^bYour people shall be my people,
And your God, my God.

17 Where you die, I will die,
And there will I be buried.
^aThe Lord do so to me, and more also,
If anything but death parts you and me.”

18 ^aWhen she saw that she¹ was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

19 Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that ^aall the city was excited because of them; and the women said, ^b“Is this Naomi?”

Verse Comparison: Ruth 1:14

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American Standard Version
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

Amplified® Bible
Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [good-bye], but Ruth clung to her.

Contemporary English Version
They cried again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by, but Ruth held on to her.

Darby English Version
And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.

Good News Bible
Again they started crying. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye and went back home, but Ruth held on to her.

King James Version
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

New American Standard Bible
And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

New International Version
At this they wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by, but Ruth clung to her.

New King James Version
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Revised Standard Version
Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Young's Literal Translation
And they lift up their voice, and weep again, and Orpah kisseth her mother-in-law, and Ruth hath cleaved to her.

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