Ruth 1:13

New International Reader's Version

Would you wait until they grew up? Would you stay single until you could marry them? No, my daughters. My life is more bitter than yours. The Lord’s power has turned against me!”

Cross References

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah spoke to his daughter-in-law Tamar. He said, “Live as a widow in your father’s home. Wait there until my son Shelah grows up.” Judah was thinking, “Shelah might die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s home.

Job 19:21

“Have pity on me, my friends! Please have pity! God has struck me down with his powerful hand.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me. I became weaker and weaker as I do in the heat of summer.

Psalm 38:2

You have wounded me with your arrows. You have struck me with your hand.

Deuteronomy 2:15

He used his power against them until he had gotten rid of all of them. Not one was left in the camp.

Judges 2:15

When the Israelites went out to fight, the Lord’s power was against them. He let their enemies win the battle over them. The Lord had warned them that it would happen. And now they were suffering terribly.

Ruth 1:12

Go home, my daughters. I’m too old to have another husband. Suppose I thought there was still some hope for me. Suppose I married a man tonight. And later I had sons by him.

Ruth 1:14

When they heard that, they broke down and wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth held on to her.

Ruth 1:21

I was full when I went away. But the Lord has brought me back empty. So why are you calling me Naomi? The Lord has made me suffer. The Mighty One has brought trouble on me.”

1 Samuel 5:11

So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines. They said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away. Let it go back to its own place. If you don’t, it will kill us and our people.” The death of so many people had filled the city with panic. God’s power was against the city.