Rut 1:13 | ESV | STEP | would you therefore wait till they were grown ? Would you therefore refrain from marrying ? No, my daughters , for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.

a Judg. 2:15; [Job 19:21; Ps. 32:4; 38:2; 39:10]

Ruth 1:13

13 would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that ^athe hand of the Lord has gone out against me.”