When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
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)