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Ruth 1:12 Cross-References
Explore 2 cross-references for Ruth 1:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ruth chapter 1 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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; should have: or were with an husband”
Ruth 1:12 (KJV)
Commentary on 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; Naomi intensifies her argument with brutal realism. The repetition "Turn again" (shovnah, שֹׁבְנָה) plus "go your way" (lekhnah, לֵכְנָה) creates emphatic dismissal—she's urging them away. "I am too old to have an husband" (zakanti mihyot le'ish, זָקַנְתִּי מִהְיוֹת לְאִישׁ) states biological reality: she has aged past (zakanti) the possibility of marriage and childbearing.The hypothetical construction "If I should say, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ruth 1:12
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