Text -- Ruth 1:10 (NET)

1:10 But they said to her, “No! We will return with you to your people.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rut 1:10

¹ tn The particle כִּי (ki) here has the force of “no, on the contrary” (see Gen 31:26; Ps 44:22; HALOT 470 s.v. II כִּי 3).

² tn Or perhaps “we want to” (so NCV, CEV, NLT), if the imperfect is understood in a modal sense indicating desire.