RUTH 1:13 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) could you wait for them to grow up so you could be remarried? No, my daughters, what’s hard for me, even more than your hardships, is that Yahweh is using his power against me.”

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT would you therefore wait until the time when they are grown? Would you for this reason keep yourselves from belonging to a husband? No, my daughters! For it is exceedingly bitter for me, more than for you, that the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me.”

UST you would not wait until they grew up! You could not remain unmarried until then! No, my daughters, Yahweh has done very bad things to me, causing me to grieve very much. But your lives do not need to be as bad as mine.”

BSB would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

OEB would you wait for them until they were grown up? Would you remain single for them? No, my daughters! My heart grieves for you, for the Lord has sent me adversity.’

WEB would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for Yahweh’s hand has gone out against me.”

WMB would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for the LORD’s hand has gone out against me.”

NET surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!”

LSV do you wait for them until they grow up? Do you shut yourselves up for them, not to be to a husband? No, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.”

FBV would you wait for them to grow up? Would you decide you weren't going to marry anyone else? No. The whole situation is more bitter for me than it is for you, for the Lord has turned against me!”[fn]

1:13 “The Lord has turned against me”: literally, “the hand of the Lord has gone against me.”

T4T would you remain single/unmarried until they grew up and became old enough for you to marry? No, my daughters, you would not do that. Your situations are bad because your husbands have died, but it is possible that you will each marry again. My situation is much worse, because Yahweh [SYN] has opposed me, and now I am too old to get married again.”

LEB would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying?[fn] No, my daughters, for it is far more bitter to me thanto you. For the hand of Yahweh has gone out against me.”

?:? Literally “Would you therefore let yourself be hindered to not belong to a man?”

BBE Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.

MOF No MOF RUTH book available

JPS would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.'

ASV would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

DRA If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man’s estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

YLT for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.'

DBY would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.

RV would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.

WBS Would ye wait for them till they should be 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 has gone out against me.

KJB 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.[fn][fn]
(Would ye/you_all tarry/wait for them till they were grown? would ye/you_all 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.)

1.13 tarry: Heb. hope

1.13 it grieveth…: Heb. I have much bitterness

BB Would ye tary after them, till they were of age? or woulde ye for them so long refrayne from taking of husbandes? Not so my daughters: for it greeueth me muche for your sakes, that the hand of the Lorde is gone out against me.
(Would ye/you_all tarry/wait after them, till they were of age? or would ye/you_all for them so long refrain from taking of husbands? Not so my daughters: for it grieveth/grieves me much for your sakes, that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.)

GNV Would yee tarie for them, till they were of age? would ye be deferred for them from taking of husbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
(Would ye/you_all tarry/wait for them, till they were of age? would ye/you_all be deferred for them from taking of husbands? nay my daughters: for it grieueth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. )

CB yet coulde ye not tary tlll they were growne vp: for ye shulde be to olde, so that ye coulde haue no husbandes. No my doughters, therfore am I sory for you, for ye hade of the LORDE is gone forth ouer me.
(yet could ye/you_all not tarry/wait tlll they were grown up: for ye/you_all should be to old, so that ye/you_all could have no husbands. No my daughters, therefore am I sorry for you, for ye/you_all hade of the LORD is gone forth over me.)

WYC 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.
(and bear sons, if ye/you_all wolen abide til they wexen, and fillen the yeris of marriage, `ye should sunner be old women than ye/you_all should be weddid; I beseech/implore, `nyle ye, my daughters, for your(pl) anguish oppresses me more, and the hand of the Lord went out against me.)

LUT wie könnet ihr doch harren, bis sie groß würden? Wie wollt ihr verziehen, daß ihr nicht Männer solltet nehmen? Nicht, meine Töchter; denn mich jammert euer sehr, denn des HErrn Hand ist über mich ausgegangen.
(wie könnet her though/but harren, until they/she/them large würden? How wollt her verziehen, that her not men solltet take? Nicht, my Töchter; because me jammert euer sehr, because the LORD Hand is above me ausgegangen.)

CLV 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.
(si them expectare velitis until crescant, and years pubertatis impleant, before eritis vetulæ how nubatis. Nolite, quæso, filiæ meæ: because vestra angustia magis me premit, and egressa it_is manus Domini contra me. )

BRN would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.

BrLXX Μὴ αὐτοὺς προσδέξεσθε ἕως οὗ ἁδρυνθώσιν; ἢ αὐτοῖς κατασχεθήσεσθε τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι ἀνδρί; μὴ δὴ θυγατέρες μου, ὅτι ἐπικράνθη μοι ὑπὲρ ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ἐξῆλθεν ἐν ἐμοὶ χεὶρ Κυρίου.
(Maʸ autous prosdexesthe heōs hou hadrunthōsin; aʸ autois katasⱪethaʸsesthe tou maʸ genesthai andri; maʸ daʸ thugateres mou, hoti epikranthaʸ moi huper humas, hoti exaʸlthen en emoi ⱪeir Kuriou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לָהֵ֣ן ׀ תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲ⁠לָהֵן֙ תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה לְ⁠בִלְתִּ֖י הֱי֣וֹת לְ⁠אִ֑ישׁ

?,therefore wait until which/who grown ?,therefore refrain to=not to_be to,husband

Naomi completes the rhetorical question she began in the previous verse and immediately asks another rhetorical question which emphasizes the same meaning. Alternate translation: “you would not wait until they were grown up so that you could marry them. You would need to marry a husband before then.”

?,therefore wait until which/who grown ?,therefore refrain to=not to_be to,husband

This idea refers to the custom among the ancient Hebrews that, if a married man died, one of his brothers would marry the man’s widow. See the introduction for more explanation. If it would be helpful, you could put some of this information in a footnote.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַר־לִ֤⁠י מְאֹד֙

bitter to=me very

Here, bitterness is a metaphor for grief. Alternate translation: “it is a great grief for me”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יָצְאָ֥ה בִ֖⁠י יַד־יְהוָֽה

gone_out in/on/at/with,me hand YHWH

Here, hand represents the power of God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the power of Yahweh has caused terrible things to happen to me”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יָצְאָ֥ה בִ֖⁠י יַד־יְהוָֽה

gone_out in/on/at/with,me hand YHWH

The implication is that Yahweh caused the deaths of Naomi's family. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Yahweh has taken away our husbands”

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