Ruth 1:13

Translations

Modern

…would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

…would you wait for them until that they were grown? Would you shut yourselves off from being wife to a man? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter for me from you, for the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.”

Latin

…si eos expectare velitis donec crescant, et annos pubertatis impleant, ante eritis vetulæ quam nubatis. Nolite, quæso, filiæ meæ: quia vestra angustia magis me premit, et egressa est manus Domini contra me.

Original

Hebrew

English

…would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

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Job 19:21
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Judges 2:15
Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
Psalm 38:2
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Psalm 39:9–10
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
1 Samuel 5:11
Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
Deuteronomy 2:15
Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

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Naomi Orpah Ruth (Person) Ruth, Book of

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