Ruth 1:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.””
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“would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ruth 1:13 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 38:11Then 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.
- Deuteronomy 2:15Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
- Judges 2:15Wherever 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.
- Ruth 1:21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
- 1 Samuel 5:11Then the Ekronites assembled 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 pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.
- Job 19:21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
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