Ruth 1:13

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
tarry	תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה te.sa.Be.re.nah	H7663	to scrutinize · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person feminine plural
them	הֲלָהֵ֣ן ha.la.Hen	H3860	popularly for if · interrogative particle + conjunction
grown	יִגְדָּ֔לוּ yig.Da.lu	H1431	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
stay	תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה te.'a.Ge.nah	H5702	to debar · verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person feminine plural
them	הֲלָהֵן֙ ha.la.Hen	H3860	popularly for if · interrogative particle + conjunction
husbands	לְאִ֑ישׁ le.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
daughters	בְּנֹתַ֗י be.no.Tai	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
grieveth	מַר mar-	H4843	to be (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
much	מְאֹד֙ me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
hand	יַד yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
out	יָצְאָ֥ה ya.tze.'Ah	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Job 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Psalms 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Judges 2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and…
Psalms 38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
Psalms 39:9-10 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Deuteronomy 2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
1 Samuel 5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:6-18

See here, I. The good affection Naomi bore to the land of Israel, Rut 1:6. Though she could not stay in it while the famine lasted, she would not stay out of it when the famine ceased. Though the country of Moab had afforded her shelter and supply in a time of need, yet she did not intend it should be her rest for ever; no land should be that but the holy land, in which the sanctuary of God was, of which he had said, This is my rest for ever. Observe, 1. God, at last, returned in mercy to his people; for, though he contend long, he will not contend always. As the judgment of oppression, under which they often groaned in the time of the judges, still came to an end, after a while, when God ha…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:13

the hand of the Lord is gone out against me--that is, I am not only not in a condition to provide you with other husbands, but so reduced in circumstances that I cannot think of your being subjected to privations with me. The arguments of Naomi prevailed with Orpah, who returned to her people and her gods. But Ruth clave unto her; and even in the pages of Sterne, that great master of pathos, there is nothing which so calls forth the sensibilities of the reader as the simple effusion he has borrowed from Scripture--of Ruth to her mother-in-law [CHALMERS].

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:11

Are there yet any more sons - This was spoken in allusion to the custom, that when a married brother died without leaving posterity, his brother should take his widow; and the children of such a marriage were accounted the children of the deceased brother. There is something very persuasive and affecting in the address of Naomi to her daughters-in-law. Let us observe the particulars: - 1. She intimates that she had no other sons to give them. 2. That she was not with child; so there could be no expectation. 3. That she was too old to have a husband. 4. That though she should marry that night, and have children, yet they could not wait till such sons were marriageable; she therefore begs the…

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Dictionary and topics

Daughter-In-Law · .INSTANCE OF, Ruth — .INSTANCE OF, Ruth
Readings, Select · LIGHTS AND SHADOWS — LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
Ruth · Her — Her

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ruth 1:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:6-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:13

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:11

Dictionary and topics

Ruth 1:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ruth 1:6-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:13

Adam Clarke on Ruth 1:11

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ruth 1:13

Keil & Delitzsch on Ruth 1:11-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ruth 1:9

Rashi on Ruth 1:13