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Ruth 1:20

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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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Ruth 1:20 in other translations

She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:20 · World English Bible

Ruth 1:20 in context

  1. 18And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.
  2. 19So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?
  3. 20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
  4. 21I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
  5. 22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.