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Ruth 1:15
15“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”
Ruth 1:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Look,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same.”
Context of Ruth 1:15
13would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!” 14At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” 16But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
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וַתֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ שָׁ֣בָה יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ אֶל־עַמָּ֖הּ וְאֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֑יהָ שׁ֖וּבִי אַחֲרֵ֥י יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ruth 1:15
- Psalms 36:3The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
- Zephaniah 1:6those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”
- Matthew 13:20The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
- Hebrews 10:38And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
- Judges 11:24Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the Lord our God has given us, we will possess.
- Joshua 24:15But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
- 2 Samuel 15:19The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland.
- 2 Kings 2:2Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
- Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.
- Luke 24:28As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther.
Commentaries on Ruth 1:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Gone back - unto her gods - They were probably both idolaters, their having been proselytes is an unfounded conjecture. Chemosh was the grand idol of the Moabites. The conversion of Ruth probably commenced at this time.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-18Verses 15-18 See Ruth's resolution, and her good affection to Naomi. Orpah was loth to part from her; yet she did not love her well enough to leave Moab for her sake. Thus, many have a value and affection for Christ, yet come short of salvation by him, because they will not forsake other things for him. They love him, yet leave him, because they do not love him enough, but love other things better. Ruth is an example of the grace of God, inclining the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15and her gods: Every nation believed in its own local god. Naomi thought Ruth would keep worshiping Moabite gods.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
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