Ruth 1:10 (LSB)

Passage

And they said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”

Nearby Context

Ruth 1:8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May Yahweh show lovingkindness with you as you have shown with the dead and with me.

Ruth 1:9 May Yahweh grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

Ruth 1:10 And they said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”

Ruth 1:11 But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Ruth 1:12 Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "return", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "return", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "May Yahweh grant that you may find..." into verse 11's "But Naomi said Return my daughters Why...", so "said" and "return" belong inside that flow. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "return" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.