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Ruth 1:13

GriefDiscouragement and depression

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;

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.

15 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.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Job 19:21

    Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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  • Psalms 32:4

    For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

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  • Judges 2:15

    Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

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  • Psalms 38:2

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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  • Psalms 39:9–10

    I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:15

    For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

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  • 1 Samuel 5:11

    So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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