Ruth 1:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you, or to go back from following after you. For wherever you go, I go; and wherever you stop over, I stop over. Your people is my people, and your Elohim is my Elohim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God my God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to abandon you, to turn back from following after you. Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ She answered, "Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God.

Ruth 1:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 15:21

And Ittai answered the sovereign and said, “As יהוה  lives, and as my master the sovereign lives, in whatever place my master the sovereign is, whether in death or life, let your servant also be there.”

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O daughter, and see, And incline your ear, And forget your own people and your father’s house;

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Isaiah 14:1

Because יהוה  has compassion on Yaʽ

Daniel 2:47

The sovereign answered Dani’ĕ

Daniel 3:29

“Therefore I make a decree that whoever of any people, nation, or language who speaks any wrong against the Elah of Shaḏ

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Neḇ

Hosea 13:4

“But I am יהוה  your Elohim since the land of Mitsrayim, and an Elohim besides Me you shall not know, for there is no Saviour besides Me.

Zechariah 8:23

“Thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all languages of the nations take hold, yea, they shall take hold of the edge of the garment of a man, a Yehuḏ

Matthew 8:19

And a certain scribe, having come near, said to Him, “Teacher, I shall follow You wherever You go.”

John 13:37

Kĕ

Acts 21:13

And Sha’ul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Yerushalayim for the Name of the Master יהושע.”

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report what kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to Elohim from idols, to serve the living and true Elohim,

Joshua 24:18

“And יהוה  drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We too serve יהוה, for He is our Elohim.”

Revelation 14:4

They are those who were not defiled with women, for they are maidens. They are those following the Lamb wherever He leads them on. They were redeemed from among men, being first-fruits to Elohim and to the Lamb.

Ruth 1:15

And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her mighty ones. Go back, follow your sister-in-law.”

Ruth 1:17

“Where you die, I die, and there I shall be buried. יהוה  do so to me, and more also – for death itself parts you and me.”

Ruth 2:6

So the servant who was appointed over the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Mo’aḇ

Ruth 4:15

“And he shall be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.”