Ruth 1:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you shut yourselves up, not to have a husband? No, my daughters, for it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of יהוה  has gone out against me!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; it is far more bitter for me than for you that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

Common English Bible

¹³ would you wait until they grew up? Would you refrain from having a husband? No, my daughters. This is more bitter for me than for you, since the LORD’s will has come out against me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ if you were willing to wait until they were grown and had completed the years of adolescence, you would be elderly before you could marry. Do not do so, I beg you, my daughters. For your difficulties weigh upon me greatly, and the hand of the Lord has been set against me."

Ruth 1:13 Cross References

Genesis 38:11

Then Yehuḏ

Job 19:21

Show favour to me, show favour to me, O you my friends, for the hand of Eloah has struck me!

Psalm 32:4

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My sap was turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.

Psalm 38:2

For Your arrows have pierced me, And Your hand comes down on me.

Deuteronomy 2:15

“And also, the hand of יהוה  was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.

Judges 2:15

Wherever they went out, the hand of יהוה  was against them for evil, as יהוה  had spoken, and as יהוה  had sworn to them. And they were distressed – greatly.

Ruth 1:12

“Go back, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have expectancy, even if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons,

Ruth 1:14

And they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Ruth 1:21

“I went out filled, and יהוה  has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naʽ

1 Samuel 5:11

And they sent and gathered together all the princes of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ