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would you therefore wait until they were grown? would you therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh is gone forth against me.
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A Deeper Bitterness
Several commentators note that Naomi's phrase, "it grieveth me much for your sakes," is better translated as "it is far more bitter for me than for you." She isn't just expressing sympathy; she is declaring that her own suffering—losing a husband and both sons—is profoundly deeper than theirs. She feels the direct hand of God is against her personally.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See marginal references and notes. The Levirate law probably existed among the Moabites, and in Israel extended beyond the brother in the strict se…
19th Century
Anglican
It grieveth me much for your sakes. —A much more probable translation is, it is far more bitter for me than for you. An e…
Baptist
What a difference there often is between two persons who are under religious impressions at the same time! The one would like to follow Jesus, but …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Would you tarry for them till they were grown ? &c.] It is not to be thought that they would tarry till she was married and ha…
Naomi began to think of returning after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it should reform what is wrong there. Earth is m…