Ruth 1:18

THE MESSAGE

When Naomi saw that Ruth had her heart set on going with her, she gave in. And so the two of them traveled on together to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem the whole town was soon buzzing: "Is this really our Naomi? And after all this time!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped talking to her.

Hebrew Names Version
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

King James Version
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

Lexham English Bible
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

English Standard Version
And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

New Century Version
When Naomi saw that Ruth had firmly made up her mind to go with her, she stopped arguing with her.

New English Translation
When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her.

Amplified Bible
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.

New American Standard Bible
When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her about it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Whe she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her.

Legacy Standard Bible
So she saw that she was determined to go with her, and she said no more to her.

Contemporary English Version
When Naomi saw that Ruth had made up her mind to go with her, she stopped urging her to go back.

Complete Jewish Bible
When Na‘omi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

Darby Translation
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

Easy-to-Read Version
Naomi saw that Ruth wanted very much to go with her. So Naomi stopped arguing with her.

George Lamsa Translation
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, then she ceased from urging her to go back.

Good News Translation
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.

Literal Translation
And she saw that she had made herself strong to go with her; and she ceased to speak to her.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now whan she sawe, that she was stedfastly mynded to go with her, she spake nomore to her therof.

American Standard Version
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

Bible in Basic English
And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When she sawe that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

King James Version (1611)
When shee sawe that shee was stedfastly minded to goe with her, then shee left speaking vnto her.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more.

English Revised Version
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking unto her.

Berean Standard Bible
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Noemy siy, that Ruth hadde demyde with stidefast soule to go with hir, and sche nolde be ayens hir, nether counseile ferthere turnynge ayen `to her cuntrei men.

Young's Literal Translation
And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

Update Bible Version
And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

Webster's Bible Translation
When she saw that she was steadfastly resolved to go with her, then she left speaking to her.

World English Bible
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

New King James Version
When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

New Living Translation
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.

New Life Bible
When Naomi saw that Ruth would do nothing but go with her, she said no more to her.

New Revised Standard
When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when she saw that, bravely determined, was she to go with her, she ceased entreating her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Noemi seeing that Ruth was steadfastly determined to go with her, would not be against it, nor persuade her any more to return to her friends:

Revised Standard Version
And when Na'omi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

Contextual Overview

⁶One day she got herself together, she and her two daughters-in-law, to leave the country of Moab and set out for home; she had heard that God had been pleased to visit his people and give them food. And so she started out from the place she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law with her, on the road back to the land of Judah. ⁸After a short while on the road, Naomi told her two daughters-in-law, "Go back. Go home and live with your mothers. And may God treat you as graciously as you treated your deceased husbands and me. May God give each of you a new home and a new husband!" She kissed them and they cried openly. ¹⁰ They said, "No, we're going on with you to your people." ¹¹But Naomi was firm: "Go back, my dear daughters. Why would you come with me? Do you suppose I still have sons in my womb who can become your future husbands? Go back, dear daughters—on your way, please! I'm too old to get a husband. Why, even if I said, ‘There's still hope!' and this very night got a man and had sons, can you imagine being satisfied to wait until they were grown? Would you wait that long to get married again? No, dear daughters; this is a bitter pill for me to swallow—more bitter for me than for you. God has dealt me a hard blow." ¹⁴ Again they cried openly. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye; but Ruth embraced her and held on. ¹⁵ Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back home to live with her own people and gods; go with her." ¹⁶But Ruth said, "Don't force me to leave you; don't make me go home. Where you go, I go; and where you live, I'll live. Your people are my people, your God is my god; where you die, I'll die, and that's where I'll be buried, so help me God —not even death itself is going to come between us!" ¹⁸When Naomi saw that Ruth had her heart set on going with her, she gave in. And so the two of them traveled on together to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem the whole town was soon buzzing: "Is this really our Naomi? And after all this time!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When: Acts 21:14

was stedfastly minded: Heb. strengthened herself, Acts 2:42, Ephesians 6:10

Reciprocal: Daniel 1:8 - purposed 1 Corinthians 15:58 - be ye Colossians 2:5 - and the

Cross-References

Psalms 19:6
That's how God's Word vaults across the skies from sunrise to sunset, Melting ice, scorching deserts, warming hearts to faith.

Jeremiah 31:35
God 's Message, from the God who lights up the day with sun and brightens the night with moon and stars, Who whips the ocean into a billowy froth, whose name is God -of-the-Angel-Armies:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her,.... That she was strong in her resolutions, and steadfast in her determinations not to go back to her own country, but to go forward with her; and nothing could move her from the firm purpose of her mind, which was what Naomi wanted to make trial of:

then she left speaking unto her: that is, upon that head of returning home; otherwise, no doubt, upon this a close, comfortable, religious conversation ensued, which made their journey the more pleasant and agreeable.