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Ruth 1:14

OrpahRuth
Faithfulness and loyaltyGrief

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,

13 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.”

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.”

16 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

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BSB
Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
KJV
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
WEB
They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her.
ASV
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.
DARBY
And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.
BLB
And they lifted up their voice and they wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, and Ruth clung to her.
ÅB
Da brast de igjen i gråt. Og Orpa kysset sin svigermor og sa henne farvel, men Rut ville ikke skilles fra henne.
OTB
De gråt høyt igjen. Orpa kysset sin svigermor farvel, men Rut klamret seg til henne.
B1930
Da brast de atter i gråt. Og Orpa kysset sin svigermor og sa henne farvel, men Rut vilde ikke skilles fra henne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 18:24

    A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

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  • Matthew 16:24

    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

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  • Matthew 10:37

    Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

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  • Matthew 19:22

    When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

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  • Hebrews 10:39

    But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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  • John 6:66–69

    From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

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  • Zechariah 8:23

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

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  • Proverbs 17:17

    A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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