Ruth 1:16

But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

Note Intreat…: or, Be not against me

KJV · King James Version
Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

Note The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

WEB · World English Bible
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee, for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;
ASV · American Standard Version

Topics Marriage · Friendship

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

Intreat me not
or, Be not against me. to leave.
2 Kings 2:2–6; Luke 24:28, 29; Acts 21:13
whither
2 Samuel 15:21; Matthew 8:19; John 13:37; Revelation 14:4
thy people
Ruth 2:11, 12; Psalm 45:10; Isaiah 14:1
thy God
Joshua 24:18; Daniel 2:47; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 4:37; Hosea 13:4; 2 Corinthians 6:16–18; 1 Thessalonians 1:9