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Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD&#8217s hand has turned against me!&#8221 <a href="/nlt/ruth/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD himself has raised his fist against me.” <a href="/esv/ruth/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.” <a href="/bsb/ruth/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/ruth/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ruth/1.htm">New King James Version</a> would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me!” <a href="/nasb_/ruth/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has come out against me.” <a href="/nasb/ruth/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is harder for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/ruth/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is harder for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me.” <a href="/lsb/ruth/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is more bitter for me than for you, for the hand of Yahweh has gone forth against me.” <a href="/amp/ruth/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> would you wait until they were grown? Would you go without marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more difficult for me than for you, because the LORD’S hand has gone against me.” <a href="/csb/ruth/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the LORD’s hand has turned against me.” <a href="/hcsb/ruth/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the LORD&#8217s hand has turned against me.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ruth/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/ruth/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> would you wait for them to become old enough to marry? No, my daughters! Life is harder for me than it is for you, because the LORD has turned against me." <a href="/erv/ruth/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 the LORD is gone forth against me. <a href="/gwt/ruth/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> would you wait until they grew up and stay single just for them? No, my daughters. My bitterness is much worse than yours because the LORD has sent me so much trouble." <a href="/gnt/ruth/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> would you wait until they had grown up? Would this keep you from marrying someone else? No, my daughters, you know that's impossible. The LORD has turned against me, and I feel very sorry for you." <a href="/isv/ruth/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> would you wait for them until they were grown? Would you refrain from marriage for them? No, my daughters! I'm more deeply grieved than you, because the LORD is working against me!" <a href="/msb/ruth/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/ruth/1.htm">NET Bible</a> surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the LORD is afflicting me!" <a href="/nheb/ruth/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD has gone out against me." <a href="/wbt/ruth/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Would ye wait for them till they should be 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 has gone out against me. <a href="/web/ruth/1.htm">World English Bible</a> 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 Yahweh’s hand has gone out against me.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ruth/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> do you wait for them until they grow up? Do you shut yourselves up for them, not to be to a husband? No, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.” <a href="/ylt/ruth/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/ruth/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Will ye wait for them till they shall grow? Will remain shut up for them not to be for a husband? Nay, my daughters, for it is bitter to me greatly for you, that the hand of Jehovah will go forth against me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ruth/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. <a href="/cpdv/ruth/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> if you were willing to wait until they were grown and had completed the years of adolescence, you would be elderly before you could marry. Do not do so, I beg you, my daughters. For your difficulties weigh upon me greatly, and the hand of the Lord has been set against me.” <a href="/nabre/ruth/1.htm">New American Bible</a> would you wait for them and deprive yourselves of husbands until those sons grew up? No, my daughters, my lot is too bitter for you, because the LORD has extended his hand against me.” <a href="/nrsvce/ruth/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, it has been far more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has turned against me.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ruth/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you stay for them from having husbands? No, my daughters; for I am greatly grieved for your sakes, and it grieves me more than it does you, because the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me. <a href="/hpbt/ruth/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And will you wait for them until they are grown, and will you be prohibited from being married to a man? No, my daughters, because I myself have been very bitter for you, and for me it is more bitter than for you, because the hand of LORD JEHOVAH has gone out after me!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ruth/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.' <a href="/sep/ruth/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me. <a href="/parallel/ruth/1-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LT1nlCXT1mU?start=118" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ruth/1.htm">Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi</a> …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, 13<a href="/hebrew/7663.htm" title="7663: tə·śab·bê·rə·nāh (V-Piel-Imperf-2fp) -- To scrutinize, to expect. Erroneously shabar; a primitive root; to scrutinize; by implication to expect.">would you wait</a> <a href="/hebrew/3860.htm" title="3860: hă·lā·hên (Conj) -- On this account, therefore. From the prepositional prefix meaning to or for and hen; popularly for if; hence, therefore.">for them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: yiḡ·dā·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">grow up?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3860.htm" title="3860: hă·lā·hên (Conj) -- On this account, therefore. From the prepositional prefix meaning to or for and hen; popularly for if; hence, therefore."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5702.htm" title="5702: tê·‘ā·ḡê·nāh (V-Nifal-Imperf-2fp) -- To shut oneself in or off. A primitive root; to debar, i.e. From marriage.">Would you refrain</a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: lə·ḇil·tî (Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hĕ·yō·wṯ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">having</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: lə·’îš (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">husbands?</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">No,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bə·nō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">my daughters,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4843.htm" title="4843: mar- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To be bitter. A primitive root; properly, to trickle; but used only as a denominative from mar; to be bitter.">it grieves</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">very much</a> <a href="/hebrew/mik·kem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">your sakes that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yaḏ- (N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yā·ṣə·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">has gone out</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">against me.”</a> 14Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/38-11.htm">Genesis 38:11</a> Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house. <a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5-10</a> When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. / The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. / But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.” ... <a href="/genesis/38-26.htm">Genesis 38:26</a> Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again. <a href="/1_samuel/1-8.htm">1 Samuel 1:8</a> “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?” <a href="/genesis/19-31.htm">Genesis 19:31-32</a> One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth. / Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.” <a href="/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21</a> Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. <a href="/genesis/16-2.htm">Genesis 16:2</a> So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. <a href="/1_samuel/2-5.htm">1 Samuel 2:5</a> The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away. <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a> For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. <a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Genesis 30:1-2</a> When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob. / Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?” <a href="/2_kings/4-14.htm">2 Kings 4:14</a> So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.” <a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Matthew 22:24-28</a> “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. / The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh. ... <a href="/luke/20-28.htm">Luke 20:28-33</a> “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless. / Then the second ... <a href="/mark/12-19.htm">Mark 12:19-23</a> “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children. / Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise. ... <a href="/romans/7-2.htm">Romans 7:2-3</a> For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. / So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Would you tarry for them till they were grown? would you stay for them from having husbands? no, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.tarry [heb] hope <a href="/deuteronomy/2-15.htm">Deuteronomy 2:15</a> For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.<a href="/judges/2-15.htm">Judges 2:15</a> Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.<a href="/1_samuel/5-11.htm">1 Samuel 5:11</a> So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/18-12.htm">Account</a> <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/ruth/1-12.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/judges/21-14.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/judges/15-18.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/judges/20-48.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/judges/4-24.htm">Harder</a> <a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/judges/18-6.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/luke/17-27.htm">Marrying</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-22.htm">Refrain</a> <a href="/joshua/23-3.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/judges/21-22.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/judges/9-51.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/judges/19-10.htm">Tarry</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-3.htm">Unmarried</a> <a href="/judges/21-20.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/judges/15-12.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ruth/2-19.htm">Account</a> <a href="/ruth/1-20.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-4.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/ruth/3-14.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-24.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/ruth/2-9.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-11.htm">Harder</a> <a href="/esther/1-17.htm">Husbands</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-17.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-27.htm">Marrying</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-8.htm">Refrain</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-21.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-5.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/ruth/3-13.htm">Tarry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-25.htm">Unmarried</a> <a href="/ruth/3-18.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-29.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Ruth 1</div>1. <a href="/ruth/1-1.htm">Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there</a> 4. <a href="/ruth/1-4.htm">Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also</a> 6. <a href="/ruth/1-6.htm">Naomi, returning homeward</a> 8. <a href="/ruth/1-8.htm">dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her</a> 14. <a href="/ruth/1-14.htm">Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her</a> 19. <a href="/ruth/1-19.htm">The two come to Bethlehem, where they are gladly received</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ruth/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ruth/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ruth/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>would you wait for them to grow up? Naomi is addressing her daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, after the death of her sons. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, the practice of levirate marriage was common, where a brother of a deceased man was obliged to marry his brother's widow to preserve the family line (<a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5-10</a>). Naomi is highlighting the impracticality of this option, as she has no other sons and is too old to bear more. This rhetorical question underscores the hopelessness of their situation and the improbability of waiting for new sons to grow up.Would you refrain from having husbands? Naomi is emphasizing the sacrifice that Orpah and Ruth would have to make if they chose to stay with her. In the cultural context, marriage and bearing children were vital for a woman's security and social standing. Naomi is urging them to consider their futures and the possibility of finding new husbands in their homeland, Moab. This reflects the societal norms and expectations for women at the time, where remaining unmarried was often seen as undesirable.No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, Naomi expresses her deep personal grief and sense of loss. The term "bitter" reflects her emotional state, which is later echoed in her request to be called "Mara" (meaning "bitter") upon her return to Bethlehem (<a href="/ruth/1-20.htm">Ruth 1:20</a>). Naomi's statement also highlights her selflessness, as she prioritizes the well-being of her daughters-in-law over her own. This phrase can be seen as a foreshadowing of the redemption and restoration that will come later in the narrative, as bitterness is turned to joy.because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.” Naomi attributes her misfortunes to divine intervention, a common belief in the Old Testament where God's sovereignty is acknowledged in both blessings and trials (<a href="/job/1-21.htm">Job 1:21</a>). This reflects the theological understanding of the time, where personal and national events were often seen as directly influenced by God's will. Naomi's lament can be compared to the laments found in the Psalms, where the psalmists often express their distress and seek God's intervention (Psalm 13, <a href="/psalms/22.htm">Psalm 22</a>). This acknowledgment of God's hand sets the stage for the unfolding of His providential plan through Ruth, who becomes an ancestor of King David and, ultimately, Jesus Christ (<a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5-6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/naomi.htm">Naomi</a> A central figure in the Book of Ruth, Naomi is a widow who has lost her husband and two sons. She is returning to Bethlehem from Moab and is urging her daughters-in-law to stay in Moab. 2. <a href="/topical/r/ruth.htm">Ruth</a> One of Naomi's daughters-in-law, a Moabite woman who shows loyalty and devotion to Naomi, eventually choosing to accompany her back to Bethlehem. 3. <a href="/topical/o/orpah.htm">Orpah</a> Naomi's other daughter-in-law, who initially sets out with Naomi but eventually decides to return to her own people in Moab. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a> A region east of the Dead Sea, where Naomi and her family had moved during a famine in Bethlehem. It is a place associated with foreign gods and customs. 5. <a href="/topical/b/bethlehem.htm">Bethlehem</a> Naomi's original home, to which she decides to return after the deaths of her husband and sons, symbolizing a return to her roots and faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_following_god.htm">The Cost of Following God</a> Naomi's statement in <a href="/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13</a> reflects the cost and sacrifice involved in following God's path. Believers are often called to make difficult choices that may involve personal loss or hardship. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_suffering.htm">God's Sovereignty in Suffering</a> Naomi's lamentation about the Lord's hand being against her invites reflection on God's sovereignty and purpose in times of suffering. It encourages believers to trust in God's ultimate plan, even when circumstances are challenging. <a href="/topical/l/loyalty_and_commitment.htm">Loyalty and Commitment</a> Ruth's decision to stay with Naomi, despite Naomi's urging to return to Moab, exemplifies steadfast loyalty and commitment. This mirrors the call for believers to remain faithful to God and His people. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_despair.htm">Hope in Despair</a> Naomi's despair is palpable, yet the account of Ruth shows that God can bring hope and redemption out of seemingly hopeless situations. This encourages believers to hold onto hope in God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ruth_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ruth 1</a> <a href="/q/what_happened_to_tamar_in_the_bible.htm">What happened to Tamar in the biblical narrative?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_comfort_and_support_in_grief.htm">How can you offer comfort and support in grief?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_esther_2_15_align_biblically.htm">How does Esther 2:15 align with other biblical traditions when it omits any mention of Jewish religious practice?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_god_the_only_savior_in_hosea_13_4.htm">Hosea 13:4: How can God declare 'there is no Savior besides Me' while other passages depict human saviors or mediators, seeming to contradict this exclusivity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ruth/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) It grieveth me much for your sakes.--A much more probable translation is, it is far more bitter for me than for you. An exact parallel to the construction is found in <a href="/genesis/19-9.htm" title="And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with you, than with them. And they pressed sore on the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.">Genesis 19:9</a>. The ancient versions are divided, the LXX., Peshito Syriac, and Targum support this translation; the Vulg. is rather loose in its rendering. <a href="/commentaries/ruth/1-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>would you wait תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה (tə·śab·bê·rə·nāh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7663.htm">Strong's 7663: </a> To scrutinize, to expect for them הֲלָהֵ֣ן ׀ (hă·lā·hên) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3860.htm">Strong's 3860: </a> Popularly for, if, therefore to עַ֚ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while grow up? יִגְדָּ֔לוּ (yiḡ·dā·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> To grow up, become great Would you refrain תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה (tê·‘ā·ḡê·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5702.htm">Strong's 5702: </a> To shut oneself in or off from לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until having הֱי֣וֹת (hĕ·yō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be husbands? לְאִ֑ישׁ (lə·’îš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person No, אַ֣ל (’al) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not my daughters, בְּנֹתַ֗י (bə·nō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter it grieves מַר־ (mar-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4843.htm">Strong's 4843: </a> To be, bitter me לִ֤י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> very much מְאֹד֙ (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily for מִכֶּ֔ם (mik·kem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of your sakes that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the hand יַד־ (yaḏ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has gone out יָצְאָ֥ה (yā·ṣə·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim against me.” בִ֖י (ḇî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ruth/1-13.htm">Ruth 1:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ruth/1-13.htm">OT History: Ruth 1:13 Would you therefore wait until they were (Ru Rut.)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ruth/1-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 1:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 1:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ruth/1-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 1:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 1:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>