Ruth 1:10

Ruth 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
• New International Version (NIV)and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they said to her, "No, we will return with you to your people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they said to her, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”

Context of Ruth 1:10

8Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back! Each of you should go back to your mother’s home. May the Lord be as kind to you as you were to me and to our loved ones who have died. 9May the Lord repay each of you so that you may find security in a home with a husband.” When she kissed them goodbye, they began to cry loudly. They said to her, “We are going back with you to your people.” 11But Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb who could be your husbands? 12Go back, my daughters. Go, because I am too old to get married again. If I said that I still have hope. … And if I had a husband tonight. … And even if I gave birth to sons,

Ruth 1:10 word by word

וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה־לָּ֑הּ כִּי־אִתָּ֥ךְ נָשׁ֖וּב לְעַמֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her, Surely we will returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• with thee unto thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Ruth 1:10

• Psalms 16:3Those who lead holy lives on earth are the noble ones who fill me with joy.
• Psalms 119:63I am a friend to everyone who fears you and to everyone who follows your guiding principles.
• Zechariah 8:23This is what the Lord of Armies says: In those days ten people from every language found among the nations will take hold of the clothes of a Jew. They will say, “Let us go with you because we have heard that God is with you.”

Commentaries on Ruth 1:10

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Naomi began to think of returning, after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it ought to reform what is amiss there. Earth is made bitter to us, that heaven may be made dear. Naomi seems to have been a person of faith and piety. She dismissed her daughters-in-law with prayer. It is very proper for friends, when they part, to part with them thus part in love. Did Naomi do well, to discourage her daughters from going with…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-186-7. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab--The aged widow, longing to enjoy the privileges of Israel, resolved to return to her native land as soon as she was assured that the famine had ceased, and made the necessary arrangements with her daughters-in-law.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ruth 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings