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Ruth 1:18

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When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

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Ruth 1:18 in other translations

And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

Ruth 1:18 · American Standard Version

Ruth 1:18 in context

  1. 16Ruth 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.
  2. 17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
  3. 18When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
  4. 19So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
  5. 20She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.