NET

13 surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry. Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!”

Darby

13 would ye wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.

KJV

13 Would ye tarry^K1231for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me^K1232much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

KJV Bible Notes

tarry: Heb. hope. it grieveth me: Heb. I have much bitterness.