Ruth 1:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Ruth 1:15 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
““Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And she saith, `Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ruth 1:15 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 10:30“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
- Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- Joshua 24:19But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
- Judges 11:24Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
- 2 Samuel 15:19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
- 2 Kings 2:2and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
- Matthew 13:20The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
- Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 24:28As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).