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Ruth 1:14

OrpahRuth
Faithfulness and loyaltyGrief

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;

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.

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.

16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God 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.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 18:24

    A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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  • Matthew 16:24

    Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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  • Matthew 19:22

    But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

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  • Hebrews 10:39

    But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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  • John 6:66–69

    From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

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  • 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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  • Proverbs 17:17

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

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