Ruth 1:10

10 And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.

Ruth 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 1:10

And they said unto her
When they had eased themselves in cries and tears, and had recovered their speech:

surely we will return with thee unto thy people;
to be proselyted, as the Targum; not only to dwell with them, but to worship with them.

Ruth 1:10 In-Context

8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9 Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.
11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 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;
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