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OEB I will die where you die, and be buried there. May the Lord bring a curse upon me, if anything but death separate you and me.’
WEBBE Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG (16-17)But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you; don’t make me go home. Where you go, I go; and where you live, I’ll live. Your people are my people, your God is my god; where you die, I’ll die, and that’s where I’ll be buried, so help me God—not even death itself is going to come between us!”
NET Wherever you die, I will die – and there I will be buried.
⇔ May the Lord punish me severely if I do not keep my promise!
⇔ Only death will be able to separate me from you!”
LSV Where you die I die, and there I am buried; thus does YHWH to me, and thus He adds—for death itself parts between me and you.”
FBV Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me harshly if I let anything but death separate us!”
T4T Where you die, I will die. Where you are buried, I will be buried. May Yahweh punish me severely if I separate from you. I will be separated from you only when one of us dies.”
LEB Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. So may Yahweh do to me, and even more, unless[fn] death separates you and me!”[fn]
BBE Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.
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JPS where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.'
ASV where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
DRA The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee.
YLT Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add — for death itself doth part between me and thee.'
Drby where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!
RV where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Wbstr Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death shall part thee and me.
KJB-1769 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
(Where thou/you diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee/you and me. )
KJB-1611 Where thou diest, wil I die, and there will I bee buried: the LORD doe so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps Where thou diest, there will I die, and there wyl I be buried: The Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.
(Where thou/you diest, there will I die, and there will I be buried: The Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee/you and me.)
Gnva Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. the Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me.
(Where thou/you diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. the Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee/you and me. )
Cvdl Loke where thou diest, there wil dye, and euen there wil I also be buried. The LORDE do this and that vnto me, death onely shal departe vs.
(Look where thou/you diest, there will dye, and even there will I also be buried. The LORD do this and that unto me, death only shall depart us.)
Wycl what lond schal resseyue thee diynge, Y schal die ther ynne, and there Y schal take place of biriyng; God do to me these thingis, and adde these thingis, if deeth aloone schal not departe me and thee.
(what land shall receive thee/you diynge, I shall die there ynne, and there I shall take place of burying; God do to me these things, and add these things, if death alone shall not depart me and thee/you.)
Luth Wo du stirbst, da sterbe ich auch; da will ich auch begraben werden. Der HErr tue mir dies und das: der Tod muß mich und dich scheiden.
(Where you stirbst, there die I auch; there will I also buried become. The LORD do to_me this/these and das: the/of_the Tod must me and you/yourself scheiden.)
ClVg Quæ te terra morientem susceperit, in ea moriar: ibique locum accipiam sepulturæ. Hæc mihi faciat Dominus, et hæc addat, si non sola mors me et te separaverit.
(Which you(sg) earth/land morientem susceperit, in ea moriar: ibique place accipiam sepulturæ. This to_me let_him_do Master, and these_things addat, when/but_if not/no sola mors me and you(sg) separaverit. )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: writing-oathformula
כֹּה֩ יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה יְהוָ֥ה לִי֙ וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֔יף
thus he/it_made/did YHWH to=me and,so more
Ruth uses this oath formula to show that she is very committed to doing what she says. She calls down a curse on herself, asking God to punish her if she does not do what she has said she would do. In keeping with the custom, she did not express what that punishment would be. Use a natural way in your language to express an oath. Alternate translation: “May Yahweh strike me dead, and may he do more, and may he do even more”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
כִּ֣י הַמָּ֔וֶת יַפְרִ֖יד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֵֽךְ
that/for/because/then/when the,death separates between,me and,from,you
This could mean: (1) even death cannot overcome Ruth's commitment to Naomi. This could be a form of hyperbole or simply a way to restate her commitment to be buried in the same place as Naomi is buried. Alternate translation: “if even death separates us from each other” (2) the only thing that can separate Ruth from Naomi would be the death of one of them. Alternate translation: “if anything other than death separates us from each other” or “if I leave you while you and I are both still alive”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
יַפְרִ֖יד בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵינֵֽךְ
separates between,me and,from,you
This phrase is an idiom that means “separates you and me.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “separates the two of us” or “comes between us”
