Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.
and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
And they say to her, `Surely with thee we go back to thy people.'
And they said to her, We will certainly return with thee to thy people.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentRuth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel
- Date
- Events in the days of the judges (1:1); compilation likely in the Davidic period (given the closing genealogy)