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10 They both replied to her, “No! We’ll go back with you to your people.”

11 But Naomi responded, “Go back, my daughters. Why go with me? Are there still sons to be born to me[a] as future husbands for you? 12 So go on back, my daughters! Be on your way! I’m too old to remarry.[b] If I were to say that I’m hoping for a husband tonight and then also bore sons this very night,[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:11 Lit. sons in my womb
  2. Ruth 1:12 Lit. to have a husband
  3. Ruth 1:12 The Heb. lacks this very night