Ruth 1:16

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

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WEBBE

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

BSB

But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

KJV

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

ASV

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

BBE

But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.

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וַתֹּאמֶר va·to·mer and she said H559 רוּת rut Ruth H7327 אַל־ 'al- may not H408 תִּפְגְּעִי־ tif·ge·'i- you entreat H6293 בִי vi (on) (the) me H9030 לְעָזְבֵךְ le·'a·ze·vekh to abandon you H5800 לָשׁוּב la·shuv to turn back H7725 מֵאַחֲרָיִךְ me·'a·cha·ra·yikh from after you H310 כִּי ki for H3588 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher where H834 תֵּלְכִי te·le·khi you will go H1980 אֵלֵךְ 'e·lekh I will go H1980 וּבַאֲשֶׁר u·va·'a·sher and at where H834 תָּלִינִי ta·li·ni you will lodge H3885 אָלִין 'a·lin I will lodge H3885 עַמֵּךְ 'a·mekh people your H5971 עַמִּי 'a·mi [will be] people my H5971 וֵאלֹהַיִךְ ve·lo·ha·yikh and God your H430 אֱלֹהָי 'e·lo·hai [will be] God my H430

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–18

See Ruth's resolution, and her good affection to Naomi. Orpah was loth to part from her; yet she did not love her well enough to leave Moab for her sake. Thus, many have a value and affection for Christ, yet come short of salvation by him, because they will not forsake other things for him. They love him, yet leave him, because they do not love him enough, but love other things better. Ruth is an example of the grace of God, inclining the soul to choose the better part. Naomi could desire no more than the solemn declaration Ruth made. See the power of resolution; it silences temptation. Those that go in religious ways without a stedfast mind, stand like a door half open, which invites a thief; but resolution shuts and bolts the door, resists the devil and forces him to flee.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.