Ruth 1:12

Modern English Version

Turn back, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. Even if I thought that there was still hope for me, that I could have a husband tonight and give birth to sons,

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow at your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought, “He may die also, just as his brothers did.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

1 Timothy 5:9

Do not let a widow be counted unless she is over sixty years old, has been the wife of one man,

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there sons in my womb, who could become your husbands?

Ruth 1:13

would you wait until they were grown? Would you refrain from getting married? No, my daughters. It is much more bitter for me than for you, for the hand of the Lord has turned against me.”