Ruth 1:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Ruth 1:15

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 1:15

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American Standard Version
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.

Amplified® Bible
And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.

Contemporary English Version
Naomi then said to Ruth, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and to her gods! Why don't you go with her?"

Darby English Version
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.

Good News Bible
So Naomi said to her, "Ruth, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Go back home with her."

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."

New International Version
"Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her."

New King James Version
And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."

Revised Standard Version
And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith, `Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.'

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