KJV King James Version
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ruth 1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
WEB World English Bible
She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
ASV American Standard Version
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And she saith unto them, ‘Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,
Surrounding context — Ruth 1
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.
18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, [Is] this Naomi?
20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵיהֶ֔ןH413 · elto(wards)אַל־H408 · alnotתִּקְרֶ֥אנָהH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלִ֖יH9030 · nimeנָעֳמִ֑יH5281 · no.o.miNaomiקְרֶ֤אןָH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלִי֙H9030 · nimeמָרָ֔אH4755 · ma.raMaraכִּי־H3588 · kiforהֵמַ֥רH4843 · ma.rarto provokeשַׁדַּ֛יH7706 · shad.dayAlmightyלִ֖יH9030 · nimeמְאֹֽד׃H3966 · me.odmuch
Cross-references
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.Hebrews 12:11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.Psalm 88:15I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.Lamentations 3:1-20I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.Job 19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.Psalm 73:14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.Isaiah 38:13I reckoned till morning, [that], as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.Job 5:17Behold, happy [is] the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:Revelation 1:8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.Exodus 6:3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.Genesis 43:14And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved [of my children], I am bereaved.Job 11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?Revelation 21:22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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