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Ruth 1:19

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So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”

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Ruth 1:19 in other translations

So 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?

Ruth 1:19 · American Standard Version

Ruth 1:19 in context

  1. 17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
  2. 18When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
  3. 19So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
  4. 20She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
  5. 21I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”