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Ruth 1:15

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.”

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

“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.

17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
KJV
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.
WEB
She said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”
ASV
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.
DARBY
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.
BLB
And she said, “Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”
ÅB
Da sa hun: Du ser din svigerinne er vendt tilbake til sitt folk og til sin gud; vend nå du og tilbake og følg din svigerinne!
OTB
Noomi sa: “Se, din svigerinne vender tilbake til sitt folk og sine guder. Gå tilbake med henne.”
B1930
Da sa hun: Du ser din svigerinne er vendt tilbake til sitt folk og til sin gud; vend nu du og tilbake og følg din svigerinne!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Zephaniah 1:6

    and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”

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  • Judges 11:24

    Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

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  • Psalms 125:5

    But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

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  • 2 Kings 2:2

    and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

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  • Joshua 24:15

    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

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  • Hebrews 10:38

    But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

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  • 2 Samuel 15:19–20

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

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  • Joshua 24:19

    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

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