Ruth 1:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Ruth 1:11

9 The Lord grant that you may find ^arest, each in the house of her husband.” So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

10 And they said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”

11 But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, ^athat they may be your husbands?

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?”

20 But she said to them, “Do not call me¹ Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Verse Comparison: Ruth 1:11

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American Standard Version
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Amplified® Bible
But Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that may become your husbands?

Contemporary English Version
But she replied, "My daughters, why don't you return home? What good will it do you to go with me? Do you think I could have more sons for you to marry?

Darby English Version
And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

Good News Bible
"You must go back, my daughters," Naomi answered. "Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry?

King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
But Naomi said, "Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

New International Version
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?

New King James Version
But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But Naomi said, "Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that you may have them as your husband?

Revised Standard Version
But Na'omi said, "Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?

Young's Literal Translation
And Naomi saith, `Turn back, my daughters; why do ye go with me? are there yet to me sons in my bowels that they have been to you for husbands?

New English Translation
But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me!¹ I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands!²

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