Contradiction with Genesis 18:14
Ruth 1:12 expresses a sense of impossibility regarding future offspring, while Genesis 18:14 emphasizes that nothing is too hard for the Lord, including miraculous births.
Genesis 18:14: Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Contradiction with Luke 1:37
Ruth 1:12 suggests hopelessness in bearing children again, whereas Luke 1:37 states that with God nothing shall be impossible, highlighting divine intervention possible in childbirth.
Luke 1:37: For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Contradiction with Romans 4:19-21
Ruth 1:12 reflects despair about childbearing prospects at an old age, whereas Romans 4:19-21 recounts Abraham's faith in God's promise despite natural impossibilities.
Romans 4:19-21: And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
Contradiction with Jeremiah 32:17
Ruth 1:12 conveys skepticism about future hope, while Jeremiah 32:17 declares nothing is too hard for God, challenging the limitations expressed in Ruth's perspective.
Jeremiah 32:17: Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing too hard for thee: [too...: or, hid from thee]
Contradiction with Mark 10:27
Ruth 1:12 shows resignation to the improbability of having children, but Mark 10:27 emphasizes that with God all things are possible, countering Ruth's limited viewpoint.
Mark 10:27: And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men [it is] impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.