NET Bible
"When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her."
— Ruth 1:18, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
So Naomi said,“Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law back home!”
But Ruth replied,“Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.
Wherever you die, I will die– and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! Only death will be able to separate me from you!”
When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her.
So the two of them journeyed together until they arrived in Bethlehem. Naomi and Ruth Arrive in BethlehemWhen they entered Bethlehem, the whole village was excited about their arrival. The women of the village said,“Can this be Naomi?”
But she replied to them,“Don’t call me‘Naomi’! Call me‘Mara’ because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly.
I left here full, but the LORD has caused me to return empty-handed. Why do you call me‘Naomi,’ seeing that the LORD has opposed me, and the Sovereign One has caused me to suffer?”