Ruth 1:15

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.

¹⁴ And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

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:

¹⁷ Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

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.

Compare

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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zephaniah 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
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Judges 11:24
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
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Psalms 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
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2 Kings 2:2
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.
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Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
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2 Samuel 15:19–20
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
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Joshua 24:19
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
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