Ruth 1:17 - Compare All Versions
Ruth 1:16-17 MSG (The Message)
But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you; don’t make me go home. Where you go, I go; and where you live, I’ll live. Your people are my people, your God is my god; where you die, I’ll die, and that’s where I’ll be buried, so help me GOD—not even death itself is going to come between us!”
Ruth 1:17 KJV (King James Version)
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Ruth 1:17 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me.”
Ruth 1:17 NCV (New Century Version)
And where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. I ask the LORD to punish me terribly if I do not keep this promise: Not even death will separate us.”
Ruth 1:17 ASV (American Standard Version)
where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Ruth 1:17 NIV (New International Version)
Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
Ruth 1:17 NKJV (New King James Version)
Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.”
Ruth 1:17 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD do the same to me [as He has done to you], and more also, if anything but death separates me from you.”
Ruth 1:17 NLT (New Living Translation)
Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”
Ruth 1:17 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Wherever you die, I will die there, too; that’s where your people will bury me—next to you. Nothing but death itself will separate me from you, so help me God!”
Ruth 1:17 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.”