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OEB Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, “I have hope,” even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,
WEBBE Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Go back home, my daughters! For I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought that there was hope that I could get married tonight and conceive sons,
LSV Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been tonight to a husband, and also I have borne sons:
FBV Go back home, my daughters, because I'm too old to marry again. Even if I were to sleep with a new husband tonight and had sons,
T4T Even if I thought I could have another husband, and even if I got married today and became pregnant [EUP] tonight and later gave birth to sons,
LEB Turn back, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband.[fn] If I should think there is hope for me, even if I should have a husband this night, and even if I should bear sons,
BBE Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,
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JPS Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say: I have hope, should I even have an husband to-night, and also bear sons;
ASV Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;
DRA Return again, my daughters, and go your ways: for I am now spent with age, and not fit for wedlock. Although I might conceive this night, and bear children,
YLT Turn back, my daughters, go, for I am too aged to be to a husband; though I had said, There is for me hope, also, I have been to-night to a husband, and also I have borne sons:
Drby Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, should I even have a husband to-night, and should I also bear sons,
RV Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have an husband to-night, and should also bear sons;
Wbstr Turn again, my daughters, go your way ; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to-night, and should also bear sons;
KJB-1769 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;[fn]
KJB-1611 Turne againe, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to haue an husband: if I should say, I haue hope, if I should [fn]haue a husband also to night, and should also beare sonnes:
(Turn again, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have an husband: if I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to night, and should also bear sons:)
Bshps Turne againe my daughters, go your way, for I am to olde to haue an husbande: And if I sayd, I haue hope, if I toke a man also this night, yea & though I had alredy borne sonnes:
(Turn again my daughters, go your way, for I am to old to have an husband: And if I said, I have hope, if I took a man also this night, yea and though I had already born sons:)
Gnva Turne againe, my daughters: go your way: for I am too olde to haue an husband. If I should say, I haue hope, and if I had an husband this night: yea, if I had borne sonnes,
(Turn again, my daughters: go your way: for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, and if I had an husband this night: yea, if I had born sons, )
Cvdl Turne agayne my doughters, and go youre waye, for I am now to olde to take an husbande. And though I shulde saye: I hope this night to take an husbande & to brynge forth children,
(Turn again my daughters, and go your(pl) way, for I am now to old to take an husband. And though I should say: I hope this night to take an husband and to bring forth children,)
Wycl for now Y am maad eeld, and Y am not able to boond of mariage; yhe, thouy Y myyte conseyue in this nyyt,
(for now I am made old, and I am not able to bond of marriage; yea/yes, though I might conceive in this night,)
Luth Kehret um, meine Töchter, und gehet hin; denn ich bin nun zu alt, daß ich einen Mann nehme. Und wenn ich spräche: Es ist zu hoffen, daß ich diese Nacht einen Mann nehme und Kinder gebäre,
(Kehret um, my Töchter, and gehet hin; because I am now to alt, that I a man nehme. And when I spräche: It is to hoffen, that I this/these night a man nehme and children gebäre,)
ClVg Revertimini, filiæ meæ, et abite: jam enim senectute confecta sum, nec apta vinculo conjugali: etiamsi possem hac nocte concipere, et parere filios,
(Revertimini, daughters meæ, and abite: yam because senectute confecta I_am, but_not apta vinculo conyugali: etiamsi possem hac nocte concipere, and parere filios, )
