Ruth 1:12 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;

ASV Byzantine Text

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;

Asang Khongca Bible

Ka canu hnik, amlaem hoi lai ah; kai loe sava sak let han ih doeh mitong boeh. Oep han om vop moe, vaiduem ah sava hoi nawnto ka oh pacoengah, capanawk ka sak langlacadoeh,

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Ka canu rhoi mael rhoi lamtah cet rhoi laeh, ka patong coeng he, va khueh ham khaw kai hamla ngaiuepnah om ka ti koinih hlaempang pakhat ah ka va taengla ka om vetih ca kan sak sue,

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Ka canu rhoi mael rhoi lamtah cet rhoi laeh, ka patong coeng he, va khueh ham khaw kai hamla ngaiuepnah om ka ti koinih hlaempang pakhat ah ka va taengla ka om vetih ca kan sak sue,

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E hoi olua, e na kaikamahine a'u, o hele, no ka mea, ua luwahine au, aole e loaa ke kane hou. A ina paha e olelo au, ua laua ko'u manao, a, ina he kane ka'u i keia po, a hanau na keikikane;

English Berean Standard Bible

Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Tounen lakay nou! Mwen twò granmoun pou m' marye ankò. Epitou, menm si mwen ta mete nan tèt mwen mwen gen espwa marye ankò, menm si mwen ta rive marye aswè a epi m' ta fè pitit gason ankò,

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Revertimini, filiæ meæ, et abite: jam enim senectute confecta sum, nec apta vinculo conjugali: etiamsi possem hac nocte concipere, et parere filios,

Bible in Basic English

Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons,

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Retournez, mes filles, allez ; car je suis trop vieille pour être à un mari ; si je disais que j’en ai l’espérance, quand cette nuit même je serais à un mari, et que même j’enfanterais des fils :

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Navraťte se, dcerky mé, a odejděte, neboť jsem již stará k vdání; nýbrž bych i řekla, že mám naději, bych i noci této se vdala a syny zrodila,

Kosraean Bible

Folokot nu yen sumtal an mweyen nga matuoh ac nga tia ku in sifil payuk. Nga finne nunkauk mu nga in sifil payukyak ofong ac oswela kutu wen,

World Portuguese Bible

Voltem, minhas filhas, sigam o seu caminho; pois estou velha demais para ter marido. Se eu dissesse: ‘Tenho esperança’, ou se eu ainda tivesse um marido esta noite, e também desse à luz filhos,

Romanian BTF Bible

Întoarceţi-vă, fiicele mele, duceţi-vă; fiindcă sunt prea bătrână să am soţ. Dacă aş spune: Am speranţă, dacă aş avea un soţ chiar în această noapte şi de asemenea aş naşte fii,

Brenton English Septuagint

Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons;

Burmese Common Language Bible

အိမ်သို့ပြန်ကြလော့။ ငါသည်နောက်ထပ်အိမ် ထောင်ပြုရန်အရွယ်လွန်လေပြီ။ အကယ်၍ ငါ့မှာမျှော်လင့်စရာရှိသေးသဖြင့် ယခု ပင်အိမ်ထောင်ကျ၍သားများကိုရရှိသည် ဟုဆိုစေကာမူ၊-

Darby Translation

Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, should I even have a husband to-night, and should I also bear sons,

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Kehret um, meine Töchter, gehet; denn ich bin zu alt, um eines Mannes zu werden. Wenn ich spräche: Ich habe Hoffnung; wenn ich selbst diese Nacht eines Mannes würde und sogar Söhne gebären sollte:

Dutch Bible 1917

Keert weder, mijn dochters! Gaat heen; want ik ben te oud om een man te hebben. Wanneer ik al zeide: Ik heb hoop, of ik ook in dezen nacht een man had, ja, ook zonen baarde;

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Keert terug, mijn dochters; gaat toch, want ik ben te oud, om nog te huwen. En al dacht ik ook, dat er nog hoop voor me was, al zou ik vannacht nog een man toebehoren, al zou ik ook zonen krijgen:

Italian Diodati Bible

Ritornate, figliuole mie, andate; perciocchè io son troppo vecchia, per rimaritarmi; e, benchè io dicessi d'averne speranza, e anche questa notte fossi maritata, e anche partorissi figliuoli,

Douay-Rheims 1899

Return again, my daughters, and go your ways: for I am now spent with age, and not fit for wedlock. Although I might conceive this night, and bear children,

Geneva Bible 1599

Turne againe, my daughters: go your way: for I am too olde to haue an husband. If I should say, I haue hope, and if I had an husband this night: yea, if I had borne sonnes,

Danish Bible 1931

Vend tilbage, mine Døtre, gå nu hjem, thi jeg er for gammel til at blive en Mands Hustru. Og selv om jeg tænkte, at jeg endnu havde Håb, selv om jeg endnu i Nat tilhørte en Mand og virkelig fødte Sønner,

Leeser Tanakh

Return back, my daughters, go; for I am too old to become [the wife] of any man; yea, if I were even to think, I have hope; should I even obtain this night a husband, and should also bear sons:

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say: I have hope, should I even have an husband to-night, and also bear sons;

King James Version

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

King James Version + Apocrypha

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Hỡi hai con gái ta, hãy trở về đi đi; mẹ già quá mà lấy chồng nữa. Lại dầu bây giờ mẹ nói: Ta có lòng trông mong, từ chiều nay ta sẽ có chồng, dẫu ta sanh đẻ con trai đi nữa,

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

Revised West Version

Mo foki atu ʻa ʻeku ongo taʻahine, pea ʻalu ʻi homo hala: he kuo u motuʻa fau ke toe maʻu ha husepāniti. Ka ne u pehē ʻeau, ʻOku ou ʻamanaki lelei, pea ka ne maʻu ʻeau ha husepāniti he poōni foki, pea u fanauʻi ʻae tama tangata;

French Ostervald Bible

Retournez, mes filles, allez. Je suis trop âgée pour me remarier; et quand je dirais: J'ai de l'espérance; et quand cette nuit même je serais avec un mari, et que j'enfanterais des fils,

Esperanto Bible

Revenu, miaj filinoj, foriru; ĉar mi jam estas tro maljuna por edziniĝi kun viro. Eĉ se mi dirus, ke mi havas ankoraŭ esperon, eĉ se mi jam havus edzon hodiaŭ nokte, kaj eĉ se mi naskus filojn:

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Retournez, mes filles, allez! Je suis trop vieille pour me remarier. Et quand je dirais: J’ai de l’espérance; quand cette nuit même je serais avec un mari, et que j’enfanterais des fils,

German Luther Bible 1912

Kehrt um, meine Töchter, und geht hin! denn ich bin nun zu alt, daß ich einen Mann nehme. Und wenn ich spräche: Es ist zu hoffen, daß ich diese Nacht einen Mann nehme und Kinder gebäre,

LXX2012 U. S. English

Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons;

British English Septuagint 2012

Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons;

Majority Standard BIble

Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,

Webster Bible

Turn again, my daughters, go your way ; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also to-night, and should also bear sons;

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, “I have hope,” even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,

Open English Bible (US)

Go back, my daughters, go your own way, because I am too old to have a husband. Even if I should say, ‘I have hope,’ even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons,

Revised Version

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have an husband to-night, and should also bear sons;

Italian Riveduta Bible

Ritornatevene, figliuole mie, andate! Io son troppo vecchia per rimaritarmi; e anche se dicessi: Ne ho speranza, e andassi a marito stasera, e partorissi de’ figliuoli,

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Retournez, mes filles, poursuivez votre chemin, car je suis trop vieille pour me remarier. Même si je pouvais dire : ‹ J’ai encore de l’espoir ›, même si j’avais un mari dès cette nuit et mettais au monde des fils,

Reina Valera 1909

Volveos, hijas mías, é idos; que yo ya soy vieja para ser para varón. Y aunque dijese: Esperanza tengo; y esta noche fuese con varón, y aun pariese hijos;

Spanish BLL

Vuelvan, hijas mías, sigan su camino, porque soy demasiado vieja para tener marido. Si dijera: ‘Tengo esperanza’, si incluso tuviera un marido esta noche, y también diera a luz hijos,

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Volved, hijas mías, seguid vuestro camino, porque soy demasiado vieja para tener marido. Si dijera: ‘Tengo esperanza’, si incluso tuviera un marido esta noche, y también diera a luz hijos,

Croatian Bible

Vratite se natrag, kćeri moje, idite samo! Odviše sam stara, nisam za udaju. Pa i kad bih rekla: 'Imam nade da se udam još noćas i da rodim sinove' -

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Vratite se, kćeri moje, idite; jer sam ostarela i nisam za udaju. A i da kažem da se nadam i da se još noćas udam, i da rodim sinove,

German Textbibel

Kehrt um, meine Töchter, geht! denn ich bin zu alt, um noch eines Mannes Weib zu werden. Gesetzt aber, daß ich dächte: Ich habe noch Aussicht! und noch diese Nacht eines Mannes würde und auch wirklich Söhne gebären sollte -

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons;

Hebrew OT (WLC)

שֹׁ֤בְנָה בְנֹתַי֙ לֵ֔כְןָ כִּ֥י זָקַ֖נְתִּי מִהְי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ כִּ֤י אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ יֶשׁ־לִ֣י תִקְוָ֔ה גַּ֣ם הָיִ֤יתִי הַלַּ֨יְלָה֙ לְאִ֔ישׁ וְגַ֖ם יָלַ֥דְתִּי בָנִֽים׃