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Ruth 1:13

GriefDiscouragement and depression

11 But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?

12 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,

would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

14 Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”

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BSB
would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
KJV
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.
WEB
would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for the LORD’s hand has gone out against me.”
ASV
would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.
DARBY
would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.
BLB
would you⁺ wait for them until that they were grown? Would you⁺ shut yourselves off from being [wife] to a man? No, my daughters, for [it is] exceedingly bitter for me from you⁺, for the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.”
ÅB
skulle dere derfor vente til de ble store? Skulle dere derfor stenge dere inne og ikke få dere menn? Nei, mine døtre! For det er meget bitrere for meg enn for dere, ettersom Herrens hånd har rammet meg så hårdt.
OTB
ville dere vente til de vokste opp? Ville dere avstå fra å gifte dere? Nei, mine døtre. Det er mer bittert for meg enn for dere, fordi Herrens hånd har vendt seg mot meg!”
B1930
skulde I derfor vente til de blev store? Skulde I derfor stenge eder inne og ikke få eder menn? Nei, mine døtre! For det er meget bitrere for mig enn for eder, eftersom Herrens hånd har rammet mig så hårdt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 19:21

    Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

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  • Psalms 32:4

    For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

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  • Judges 2:15

    Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

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  • Psalms 38:2

    For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

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  • Psalms 39:9–10

    I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:15

    Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

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  • 1 Samuel 5:11

    Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.

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