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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Ruth 1:17
I will die where you die, and there I will be buried. So may the Lord do the same to me, and worse, if anything but death takes me from you."
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Christian Standard Bible®
Where you die, I will die,and there I will be buried.May the Lord punish me,and do so severely,if anything but death separates you and me.
Where you die, I will die,and there I will be buried.May the Lord punish me,and do so severely,if anything but death separates you and me.
Hebrew Names Version
where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
King James Version
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Lexham English Bible
Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. So may Yahweh do to me, and even more, unless death separates you and me!"
Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. So may Yahweh do to me, and even more, unless death separates you and me!"
English Standard Version
Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you."
Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you."
New Century Version
And where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. I ask the Lord to punish me terribly if I do not keep this promise: Not even death will separate us."
And where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. I ask the Lord to punish me terribly if I do not keep this promise: Not even death will separate us."
New English Translation
Wherever you die, I will die—and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! Only death will be able to separate me from you!"
Wherever you die, I will die—and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! Only death will be able to separate me from you!"
Amplified Bible
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do the same to me [as He has done to you], and more also, if anything but death separates me from you."
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do the same to me [as He has done to you], and more also, if anything but death separates me from you."
New American Standard Bible
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do so to me, and worse, if anything but death separates me from you."
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do so to me, and worse, if anything but death separates me from you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. the Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. the Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may Yahweh do to me, and more, if anything but death separates you and me."
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may Yahweh do to me, and more, if anything but death separates you and me."
Contemporary English Version
I will die where you die and be buried beside you. May the Lord punish me if we are ever separated, even by death!"
I will die where you die and be buried beside you. May the Lord punish me if we are ever separated, even by death!"
Complete Jewish Bible
Where you die, I will die; and there I will be buried. May Adonai bring terrible curses on me, and worse ones as well, if anything but death separates you and me."
Where you die, I will die; and there I will be buried. May Adonai bring terrible curses on me, and worse ones as well, if anything but death separates you and me."
Darby Translation
where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
Easy-to-Read Version
Where you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. I ask the Lord to punish me if I don't keep this promise: Only death will separate us."
Where you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. I ask the Lord to punish me if I don't keep this promise: Only death will separate us."
George Lamsa Translation
Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried; may the LORD do so to me, and more also, if even death can separate me from you.
Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried; may the LORD do so to me, and more also, if even death can separate me from you.
Good News Translation
Wherever you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. May the Lord 's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!"
Wherever you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. May the Lord 's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!"
Literal Translation
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Jehovah do to me, and more so, if anything but death part you and me.
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Jehovah do to me, and more so, if anything but death part you and me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Loke where thou diest, there wil dye, and euen there wil I also be buried. The LORDE do this and that vnto me, death onely shal departe vs.
Loke where thou diest, there wil dye, and euen there wil I also be buried. The LORDE do this and that vnto me, death onely shal departe vs.
American Standard Version
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Bible in Basic English
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Where thou diest, there will I die, and there wyl I be buried: The Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.
Where thou diest, there will I die, and there wyl I be buried: The Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.'
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.'
King James Version (1611)
Where thou diest, wil I die, and there will I bee buried: the Lord doe so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Where thou diest, wil I die, and there will I bee buried: the Lord doe so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if I leave thee, for death only shall divide between me and thee.
And wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if I leave thee, for death only shall divide between me and thee.
English Revised Version
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Berean Standard Bible
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me."
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
what lond schal resseyue thee diynge, Y schal die ther ynne, and there Y schal take place of biriyng; God do to me these thingis, and adde these thingis, if deeth aloone schal not departe me and thee.
what lond schal resseyue thee diynge, Y schal die ther ynne, and there Y schal take place of biriyng; God do to me these thingis, and adde these thingis, if deeth aloone schal not departe me and thee.
Young's Literal Translation
Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add -- for death itself doth part between me and thee.'
Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add -- for death itself doth part between me and thee.'
Update Bible Version
where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if aught] but death shall part thee and me.
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if aught] but death shall part thee and me.
World English Bible
where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
New King James Version
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me."
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me."
New Living Translation
Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!"
Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!"
New Revised Standard
Where you die, I will die— there will I be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me, and more as well, if even death parts me from you!"
Where you die, I will die— there will I be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me, and more as well, if even death parts me from you!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
where thou diest, I will die, and, there, will I be buried: So, let Yahweh do to me, and, so, let him add, if, death itself, part me and thee.
where thou diest, I will die, and, there, will I be buried: So, let Yahweh do to me, and, so, let him add, if, death itself, part me and thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.
The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.
Revised Standard Version
where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if even death parts me from you."
where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if even death parts me from you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me."
"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me."
Contextual Overview
6 Then Naomi got ready to return from the land of Moab with her daughters-in-law. She had heard in the land of Moab that the Lord had brought food to His people. 7 So she left with her two daughters-in-law and went on the way toward the land of Judah. 8 But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, each one of you return to your own mother's house. May the Lord show kindness to you, as you have done with the dead and with me. 9 May the Lord help you to find a home, each in the family of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they cried in loud voices. 10 They said to her, "No, we will return with you to your people." 11 But Naomi said, "Return to your people, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Do I have more sons within me, who could become your husbands? 12 Return, my daughters. Go. For I am too old to have a husband. If I had hope, if I should have a husband tonight and give birth to sons, 13 would you wait until they were grown? Would you not marry until then? No, my daughters. It is harder for me than for you. For the hand of the Lord is against me." 14 Then they cried again in loud voices. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law. But Ruth held on to her. 15 Naomi said, "See, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and her gods. Return after your sister-in-law."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the lord: 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 25:22, 2 Samuel 3:9, 2 Samuel 3:35, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Kings 2:23, 1 Kings 19:2, 1 Kings 20:10, 2 Kings 6:31
but death: Acts 11:23, Acts 20:24
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:44 - God 1 Samuel 20:13 - The Lord do 2 Samuel 15:21 - surely Song of Solomon 6:1 - that Daniel 1:8 - purposed Zechariah 8:23 - We will Matthew 1:5 - Booz 2 Corinthians 7:3 - to die
Cross-References
Genesis 9:13
I will set My rain-bow in the cloud, and it will be something special to see because of an agreement between Me and the earth.
I will set My rain-bow in the cloud, and it will be something special to see because of an agreement between Me and the earth.
Job 38:12
"Have you ever in your life told the morning when to come, and caused the first light of day to know its place,
"Have you ever in your life told the morning when to come, and caused the first light of day to know its place,
Psalms 8:1
O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your shining-greatness above the heavens.
O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your shining-greatness above the heavens.
Psalms 8:3
When I look up and think about Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in their place,
When I look up and think about Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in their place,
Acts 13:47
The Lord gave us a work to do. He said, ‘You are to be a light to the people who are not Jews. You are to preach so that men over all the earth can be saved from the punishment of their sins.'"
The Lord gave us a work to do. He said, ‘You are to be a light to the people who are not Jews. You are to preach so that men over all the earth can be saved from the punishment of their sins.'"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried,.... She was determined to abide with her unto death, and not only was desirous to die as she did, but where she should die; in the same country, cottage, and bed, and be laid in the same grave, in hope of rising together at the resurrection of the just; having no regard at all to the sepulchres of her fathers, which people in all ages and countries have been fond of being laid in, as an honour and happiness. So with the Greeks and Romans, not only relations, but intimate friends, and such as had a strong affection for each other, were sometimes buried in the same grave, as Crates and Polemon i, Paris and Oenome k, and others l; see Galatians 2:20,
the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me; this is the form of oath she used for confirmation of what she had said, and to put an end to the debate on this subject; what she imprecates upon herself is not expressed, should she otherwise do than what she swears to; leaving Naomi to supply it in her own mind, and as being what was not fit to be named, and the greatest evil that could be thought to befall a perjured person.
i Lart. in Vita Cratet. k Strabo. Geograph. l. 13. p. 410. l Vid. Kirchman. de Funer. Roman. l. 3. c. 14. p. 433.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ruth 1:17. The Lord do so to me, and more — May he inflict any of those punishments on me, and any worse punishment, if I part from thee till death. And it appears that she was true to her engagement; for Naomi was nourished in the house of Boaz in her old age, and became the fosterer and nurse of their son Obed, Ruth 4:15-16.
