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Ruth 1:12

Grief

10 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?

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.

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BSB
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
KJV
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;
WEB
Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons,
ASV
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;
DARBY
Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, should I even have a husband to-night, and should I also bear sons,
BLB
Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say there is to me hope, and [if] I should have tonight a husband and also should bear sons,
ÅB
Vend om, mine døtre, og gå hjem! For jeg er for gammel til å bli en manns hustru. Om jeg så tenkte: Jeg har enda håp, ja, om jeg så enda inatt fikk en mann og så fødte sønner,
OTB
Vend tilbake, mine døtre; jeg er for gammel til å få en mann. Selv om jeg tenkte at det fortsatt var håp—selv om jeg fikk en mann i natt og fødte sønner—
B1930
Vend om, mine døtre, og gå hjem! For jeg er for gammel til å bli en manns hustru. Om jeg så tenkte: Jeg har ennu håp, ja, om jeg så ennu inatt fikk en mann og så fødte sønner,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 17:17

    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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  • 1 Timothy 5:9

    Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

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