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Berean Standard Bible

“But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.”

Ruth 1:16

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During the time of the judges, Naomi, an Israelite widow, has lost her husband and both sons in Moab. She decides to return to Bethlehem and urges her Moabite daughters-in-law to go back to their families.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

World English Bible (WEB)

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

King James Version (KJV)

And Ruth said, Intreat 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:

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and 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;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y Ruth respondió: No me ruegues que te deje, y me aparte de ti: porque donde quiera que tú fueres, iré yo; y donde quiera que vivieres, viviré. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo, y tu Dios mi Dios.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero Rut replicó: ―No me pidas que te deje y me aparte de ti; adondequiera que tú vayas iré yo, y viviré donde tú vivas; tu pueblo será mi pueblo, y tu Dios será mi Dios.

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