Ruth 1:13 “would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husb…”

Ruth 1:13

would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for the LORD’s hand has gone out against me.”

American Standard Version

would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Would yee tarie for them, till they were of age? would ye be deferred for them from taking of husbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

Darby Translation

would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.

Young's Literal Translation

for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.'

Bible in Basic English

Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.

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Cross references

“tarry”

Job 19:21 Psalm 32:4 Judges 2:15 Psalm 38:2 Deuteronomy 2:15 1 Samuel 5:11

Job 19:21 · BSB

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Psalm 32:4 · BSB

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

Judges 2:15 · BSB

Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

Psalm 38:2 · BSB

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

Deuteronomy 2:15 · BSB

Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

1 Samuel 5:11 · BSB

Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Return 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,

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

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