Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, ‘Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.’ For he thought, ‘He might die too, like his brothers.’ So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
Ruth 1:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. |
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, ‘Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.’ For he thought, ‘He might die too, like his brothers.’ So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God’s hand has struck me.
Indeed, the Lord’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp until they had all perished.
Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord was against them and brought disaster on them, just as he had promised and sworn to them. So they suffered greatly.
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,
Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has opposed me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? ’
The Ekronites called all the Philistine rulers together. They said, ‘Send the ark of Israel’s God away. Let it return to its place so it won’t kill us and our people! ’ For the fear of death pervaded the city; God’s hand was oppressing them.