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Wycliffe Bible

Ruth 1:15

To whom Noemy seide, Lo! thi kyneswomman turnede ayen to hir puple, and to hir goddis; go thou with hir.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Daughter-In-Law;   Mother-In-Law;   Readings, Select;   Ruth;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Decision;   Divine;   God;   Invitations, Divine;   Invitations-Warnings;   Moral Agents, Free;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mahlon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Orpah;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Naomi;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Certain;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 31;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Follow your sister-in-law.”
Hebrew Names Version
She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone back to her people, and to her god: return you after your sister-in-law.
King James Version
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
Lexham English Bible
And she said, "Look, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods. Return after your sister-in-law too."
English Standard Version
And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
New Century Version
Naomi said to Ruth, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and her own gods. Go back with her."
New English Translation
So Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law back home!"
Amplified Bible
Then Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; turn back and follow your sister-in-law."
New American Standard Bible
Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Naomi said, Beholde, thy sister in law is gone backe vnto her people and vnto her gods: returne thou after thy sister in lawe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
Contemporary English Version
Naomi then said to Ruth, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back to her people and to her gods! Why don't you go with her?"
Complete Jewish Bible
She said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god; go back, after your sister-in-law."
Darby Translation
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.
Easy-to-Read Version
Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her own people and her own gods. You should do the same."
George Lamsa Translation
And her mother-in-law said to her, Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her kinsmen; return also after your sister-in-law.
Good News Translation
So Naomi said to her, "Ruth, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Go back home with her."
Literal Translation
And she said, See, your sister-in-law has turned back to her people, and to her gods. You turn back after your sister-in-law.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles she sayde: Beholde, thy syster in lawe is turned backe vnto hir people and to hir god, turne thou againe also after thy sister in lawe.
American Standard Version
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.
Bible in Basic English
And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Naomi said: See, thy sister in law is gone backe againe vnto her people, & vnto her gods: returne thou after her.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she said: 'Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god; return thou after thy sister-in-law.'
King James Version (1611)
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone backe vnto her people, and vnto her gods: returne thou after thy sister in law.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Noemin said to Ruth, Behold, thy sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; turn now thou also after thy sister-in-law.
English Revised Version
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister in law.
Berean Standard Bible
"Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home."
Young's Literal Translation
And she saith, `Lo, thy sister-in-law hath turned back unto her people, and unto her god, turn thou back after thy sister-in-law.'
Update Bible Version
And she said, Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people, and to her god. You return after your sister-in-law!
Webster's Bible Translation
And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law hath gone back to her people, and to her gods: return thou after thy sister-in-law.
World English Bible
She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone back to her people, and to her god: return you after your sister-in-law.
New King James Version
And she said, "Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
New Living Translation
"Look," Naomi said to her, "your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same."
New Life Bible
Naomi said, "See, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and her gods. Return after your sister-in-law."
New Revised Standard
So she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And she said - Lo! thy sister-in-law hath gone back, unto her people, and unto her gods, - go thou back, after thy sister-in-law.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Noemi said to her: Behold thy kinswoman is returned to her people, and to her gods, go thou with her.
Revised Standard Version
And she said, "See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law."
THE MESSAGE
Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is going back home to live with her own people and gods; go with her."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law."

Contextual Overview

6 And sche roos to go with euer eithir wijf of hir sones in to hir cuntrey fro the cuntrey of Moab; for sche hadde herd, that the Lord hadde biholde his puple, and hadde youe `metis to hem. 7 Therfor sche yede out of the place of hir pilgrymage with euer either wijf of hir sones; and now sche was set in the weie of turnyng ayen in to the lond of Juda, 8 and sche seide to hem, Go ye in to `the hows of youre modir; the Lord do mercy with you, as ye diden with the deed men, and with me; 9 the Lord yyue to you to fynde reste in the howsis of hosebondis, whiche ye schulen take. And sche kiste hem. Whiche bigunnen to wepe with `vois reisid, 10 and to seie, We schulen go with thee to thi puple. 11 To whiche sche answeride, My douytris, turne ye ayen, whi comen ye with me? Y haue no more sones in my wombe, that ye moun hope hosebondis of me; my douytris of Moab, turne ye ayen, and go; 12 for now Y am maad eeld, and Y am not able to boond of mariage; yhe, thouy Y myyte conseyue in this nyyt, 13 and bere sones, if ye wolen abide til thei wexen, and fillen the yeris of mariage, `ye schulen sunner be eld wymmen than ye schulen be weddid; I biseche, `nyle ye, my douytris, for youre angwische oppressith me more, and the hond of the Lord yede out ayens me. 14 Therfor, whanne the vois was reisid, eft thei bigunnen to wepe. Orpha kisside `the modir of hir hosebonde, and turnede ayen, and Ruth `cleuyde to `the modir of hir hosebonde. 15 To whom Noemy seide, Lo! thi kyneswomman turnede ayen to hir puple, and to hir goddis; go thou with hir.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gone back: Psalms 36:3, Psalms 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, Matthew 13:20, Matthew 13:21, Hebrews 10:38, 1 John 2:19

and unto: They were probably both idolaters at this time. That they were proselytes is an unfounded conjecture; and the conversion of Ruth now only commenced.

her gods: Judges 11:24

return: Joshua 24:15, Joshua 24:19, 2 Samuel 15:19, 2 Samuel 15:20, 2 Kings 2:2, Luke 14:26-33, Luke 24:28

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - strange Numbers 10:30 - General 2 Kings 3:13 - get

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she said,.... That is, Naomi to Ruth, after Orpah was gone:

behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods; meaning Orpah, who was the wife of her husband's brother, as the word used signifies; she was not only on the road turning back to her own country and people, but to the gods thereof, Baalpeor or Priapus, and Chemosh, Numbers 21:29 from whence Aben Ezra concludes, that she had been a proselyte to the true religion, and had renounced the gods of her nation, and retained the same profession while her husband lived, and unto this time, and now apostatized, since she is said to go back to her gods; and in this he is followed by some Christian interpreters g, and not without reason:

return thou after thy sister in law: this she said, not that in good earnest she desired her to return, at least to her former religion, only relates, though not as approving of, the conduct of her sister, rather as upbraiding it; but to try her sincerity and steadfastness, when such an instance and example was before her.

g Clericus & Rambachius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 1:15. Gone back - unto her gods — They were probably both idolaters, their having been proselytes is an unfounded conjecture. Chemosh was the grand idol of the Moabites. The conversion of Ruth probably commenced at this time.


 
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