Ruth 1:13

13 would you therefore wait until * they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying * *? No, my daughters; for it is [a]harder * for me than for you, for 1the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me."

Ruth 1:13 In-Context

11 But Naomi said, "Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 "Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons,
13 would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying ? No, my daughters; for it is harder for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me."
14 And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
15 Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."

Cross References 1

  • 1. Judges 2:15; Job 19:21; Psalms 32:4

Footnotes 1

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