Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, Naomi saw that Ruth, being firmly resolved in her soul, was determined to go with her, and that she was unwilling to be dissuaded, and that nothing further could convince her to return to her own. "
— Ruth 1:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.”
“And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her. ”
“When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.”
“When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her.”
“Then Noemi seeing that Ruth was steadfastly determined to go with her, would not be against it, nor persuade her any more to return to her friends:”
“And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.”
“When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.”
Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”
She answered, “Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God.
Whichever land will receive you dying, in the same I will die, and there I will have the place of my burial. May God cause these things to happen to me, and add more also, if anything except death alone should separate you and I.”
Therefore, Naomi saw that Ruth, being firmly resolved in her soul, was determined to go with her, and that she was unwilling to be dissuaded, and that nothing further could convince her to return to her own.
And so they set out together, and they came to Bethlehem. When they had entered the city, the news quickly spread among them all. And the women said, “This is that Naomi.”
But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (that is, beautiful), but call me Mara (that is, bitter). For the Almighty has greatly filled me with bitterness.
I went out full and the Lord led me back empty. So then, why call me Naomi, whom the Lord has humbled and the Almighty has afflicted?”