Rut 1:17 | HCSB | STEP | Where you die , I will die , and there I will be buried . May Yahweh punish me, and do so severely , if anything but death separates you and me.

c 1Sa 3:17; 2Sa 3:9,35; 1Kg 2:23; 2Kg 6:31

Ruth 1:17

17 Where you die, I will die,
and there I will be buried.
May ^{▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.}Yahweh punish me, ^{▼▼A solemn oath formula; 1Sa 3:17; 2Sa 3:9,35; 1Kg 2:23; 2Kg 6:31
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and do so severely,
if anything but death separates you and me.