Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ruth 1:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ruth 1:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ruth 1:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Ruth, Naomi is telling her daughters-in-law to go back to their homes because she is too old to get married again and have more sons. She wants them to have a chance at a better life with new families.

Ruth 1:12: Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; [should have...: or were with an husband]

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.
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