Ruth 1:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRuth 1:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
רוּת֙
Rûwth
H7327
Ruth
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
תִּפְגְּעִי
pâgaʻ
H6293
to meet
בִ֔י
לְעָזְבֵ֖ךְ
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
לָשׁ֣וּב
shûwb
H7725
to return
מֵאַחֲרָ֑יִךְ
ʼachar
H310
after
כִּ֠י
kîy
H3588
that
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תֵּלְכִ֜י
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אֵלֵ֗ךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
וּבַאֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תָּלִ֨ינִי֙
lûwn
H3885
to lodge
אָלִ֔ין
lûwn
H3885
to lodge
עַמֵּ֣ךְ
ʻam
H5971
people
עַמִּ֔י
ʻam
H5971
people
וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֱלֹהָֽי
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
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World English Bible Public Domain
Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
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King James Version Public Domain
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Ruth said, “Do not press me to forsake you, to turn back from behind you. For to where you go, I will go, and in where you stay, I will stay. Your people my people, and your God my God.
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