Ruth 1:18
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New International Version (©2011)
When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When Naomi observed Ruth's determination to travel with her, she ended the conversation.

NET Bible (©2006)
When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she ended the conversation.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she ceased speaking unto her.

American King James Version
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking to her.

American Standard Version
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Noemi, seeing that Ruth was steadfastly determined to go with her, would not be against it, nor persuade her any more to return to her friends:

Darby Bible Translation
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

English Revised Version
And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking unto her.

Webster's Bible Translation
When she saw that she was steadfastly resolved to go with her, then she left speaking to her.

World English Bible
When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

Young's Literal Translation
And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:15-18 See Ruth's resolution, and her good affection to Naomi. Orpah was loth to part from her; yet she did not love her well enough to leave Moab for her sake. Thus, many have a value and affection for Christ, yet come short of salvation by him, because they will not forsake other things for him. They love him, yet leave him, because they do not love him enough, but love other things better. Ruth is an example of the grace of God, inclining the soul to choose the better part. Naomi could desire no more than the solemn declaration Ruth made. See the power of resolution; it silences temptation. Those that go in religious ways without a stedfast mind, stand like a door half open, which invites a thief; but resolution shuts and bolts the door, resists the devil and forces him to flee.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 18. - And she perceived. In our idiom we should have introduced the proper name, "And Naomi perceived." That she was determined to go with her. She saw that Ruth was fixed in her resolution. And she left off speaking to her. She "gave in." Ruth, as Fuller has it, was "a fixed star."

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her,.... That she was strong in her resolutions, and steadfast in her determinations not to go back to her own country, but to go forward with her; and nothing could move her from the firm purpose of her mind, which was what Naomi wanted to make trial of:

then she left speaking unto her: that is, upon that head of returning home; otherwise, no doubt, upon this a close, comfortable, religious conversation ensued, which made their journey the more pleasant and agreeable.

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Ruth's Loyalty to Naomi
…16And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you: for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people shall be my people, and your God my God: 17Where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part you and me. 18When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking to her.

Acts 21:14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, "The Lord's will be done."
Ruth 1:19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?"