Ruth 1:15 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 1:15

“Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law.

KJV

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Gone back - unto her gods - They were probably both idolaters, their having been proselytes is an unfounded conjecture. Chemosh was the grand idol of the Moabites. The conversion of Ruth probably commenced at this time.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
הִנֵּה֙	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
שָׁ֣בָה	Sha.vah	she has returned	H7725 →
יְבִמְתֵּ֔ךְ	ye.vim.Tekh	sister-in-law your	H2994 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עַמָּ֖הּ	'a.Mah	people her	H5971 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
אֱלֹהֶ֑יהָ	'e.lo.Hei.ha	gods her	H430 →
שׁ֖וּבִי	Shu.vi	go back	H7725 →
אַחֲרֵ֥י	'a.cha.Rei	after	H310 →
יְבִמְתֵּֽךְ׃	ye.vim.Tekh	sister-in-law your	H2994 →

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 24:15
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
leads to
- 1 Kings 18:21
  Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did…
- John 6:67–68
  So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
- Ruth 1:15–16
  “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
- Deuteronomy 29:18
  Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure…
- Ezekiel 20:39
  And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you…
Through
Psalms 125:5
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
leads to
- Isaiah 59:8
  The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
Through
Zephaniah 1:6
and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:13
  “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Isaiah 1:4
  Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on…

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