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Ruth 1:18

Faithfulness and loyalty

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.”

When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

19 So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

20 “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with 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
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
KJV
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
WEB
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
ASV
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.
DARBY
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
BLB
And she saw that she was determined to go with her, and she stopped speaking to her.
ÅB
Da No'omi så at hun var fast i sitt forsett om å gå med henne, holdt hun opp med å tale til henne om det.
OTB
Da Noomi så at Rut var fast bestemt på å bli med henne, sluttet hun å overtale henne.
B1930
Da No'omi så at hun var fast i sitt forsett om å gå med henne, holdt hun op med å tale til henne om det.

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