Ruth 1:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Return 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,”

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BSBPD

“Return 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,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ruth 1:12 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
  2. 1 Timothy 5:9A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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