Ruth 1:12
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
KJV
Revertimini, filiæ meæ, et abite : jam enim senectute confecta sum, nec apta vinculo conjugali : etiamsi possem hac nocte concipere, et parere filios,
Vulgate
ἐπιστράφητε δή, θυγατέρες μου, διότι γεγήρακα τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἀνδρί· ὅτι εἶπα ὅτι ἔστιν μοι ὑπόστασις τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρὶ καὶ τέξομαι υἱούς,
LXX
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;
ASV
שֹׁ֤בְנָה בְנֹתַ/י֙ לֵ֔כְןָ כִּ֥י זָקַ֖נְתִּי מִ/הְי֣וֹת לְ/אִ֑ישׁ כִּ֤י אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ יֶשׁ לִ֣/י תִקְוָ֔ה גַּ֣ם הָיִ֤יתִי הַ/לַּ֨יְלָה֙ לְ/אִ֔ישׁ וְ/גַ֖ם יָלַ֥דְתִּי בָנִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 5:9 — Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- Deut 25:5 — If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wif
- Gen 17:17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?