Ruth 1:10

10 They said to her, "No; we want to return with you to your 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 Na'omi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Each of you, go back to your mother's house. May ADONAI show grace to you, as you did to those who died and to me.

9 May ADONAI grant you security in the home of a new husband."Then she kissed them, but they began weeping aloud.

10 They said to her, "No; we want to return with you to your people."

11 Na'omi said, "Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands?

12 Go back, my daughters; go your way; for I'm too old to have a husband. Even if I were to say, 'I still have hope'; even if I had a husband tonight and bore sons;