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Ruth 1:10

Faithfulness and loyalty

8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.

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;

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
KJV
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
WEB
They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”
ASV
And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.
DARBY
And they said to her, We will certainly return with thee to thy people.
BLB
And they said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
ÅB
og sa til henne: Nei, vi vil følge deg tilbake til ditt folk.
OTB
De svarte henne: “Vi vil gå tilbake med deg til ditt folk.”
B1930
og sa til henne: Nei, vi vil følge dig tilbake til ditt folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 8:23

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

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  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

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  • Psalms 16:3

    But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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