Devine Scripture

Ruth 1:20

Ruth chapter 1 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Context

v.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?

v.20This passage

v.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?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 5:17

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

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • Psalms 88:15

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

  • Job 11:7

    Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

  • Lamentations 3:1

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

  • Isaiah 38:13

    I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.