Lùdéjì 1:12

12 Wǒ nǚér men nǎ , huí qù ba , wǒ niánjì lǎomaì , bùnéng zaì yǒu zhàngfu . jíhuò shuō , wǒ hái yǒu zhǐwang , jīnyè yǒu zhàngfu kĕyǐ shēng zǐ .

Lùdéjì 1:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 1:12

Turn again, my daughters, go your way
This she repeated still to try their affections to her, and especially whether there was any real love to the God of Israel, his people, and worship, but still proceeds upon the same topic:

for I am too old to have an husband;
and can never think of marrying again on account of age, nor can you surely ever think I should, at these years I am now arrived to:

if I should say I have hope;
of marrying, and bearing children; suppose that:

if I should have a husband also tonight;
be married to a man directly, suppose that:

and should also bear sons;
conceive and bear, not female but male children, allow that; all which are mere suppositions, and, could they be admitted, would not furnish out any reason why you should be desirous of going with me.

Lùdéjì 1:12 In-Context

10 Shuō , bù rán , wǒmen bì yǔ nǐ yītóng huí nǐ bĕn guó qù .

11 Ná é mǐ shuō , wǒ nǚér men nǎ , huí qù ba , wèihé yào gēn wǒ qù ne . wǒ hái néng shēng zǐ zuò nǐmen de zhàngfu ma .

12 Wǒ nǚér men nǎ , huí qù ba , wǒ niánjì lǎomaì , bùnéng zaì yǒu zhàngfu . jíhuò shuō , wǒ hái yǒu zhǐwang , jīnyè yǒu zhàngfu kĕyǐ shēng zǐ .

13 Nǐmen qǐnéng dĕng zhe tāmen zhǎngdà ne , nǐmen qǐnéng dĕng zhe tāmen bú jià biérén ne . wǒ nǚér men nǎ , búyào zhèyàng , wǒ wèi nǐmen de yuángù , shén shì chóukǔ , yīnwei Yēhéhuá shēnshǒu gōngjī wǒ .

14 Liǎng gè ér fù yòu fàng shēng ér kū , é Ěr bā yǔ pópo qīnzuǐér bié , zhǐshì Lùdé shĕ bùdé ná é mǐ .