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Ruth 1:20

Naomi
GriefDiscouragement and depressionGod's will and callingShame

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 Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

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 Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

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BSB
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
KJV
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
WEB
She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
ASV
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
DARBY
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
BLB
And she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for Shaddai has dealt exceedingly bitterly with me.
ÅB
Da sa hun til dem: Kall meg ikke No'omi[^2], kall meg Mara[^3]! For den Allmektige har gjort det meget bittert for meg;
OTB
Hun svarte dem: “Kall meg ikke Noomi; kall meg Mara, for Den Allmektige har gjort det meget bittert for meg.
B1930
Da sa hun til dem: Kall mig ikke No'omi, kall mig Mara! For den Allmektige har gjort det meget bittert for mig; / < ynde.> / < bitterhet.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 6:4

    For 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.

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  • Hebrews 12:11

    Now 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.

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  • Psalms 88:15

    I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

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  • Isaiah 38:13

    I 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.

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  • Job 19:6

    Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

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  • Psalms 73:14

    For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

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  • Lamentations 3:1–20

    I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

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  • Job 5:17

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

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