Ruth 1:20 ““Do not call me Naomi, ” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almig…”

Ruth 1:20

“Do not call me Naomi, ” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And she answered them, Call me not Naomi, but call me Mara: for the Almightie hath giuen me much bitternes.

Darby Translation

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

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,

Bible in Basic English

And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.

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Cross references

“the Almighty”

Job 5:17 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 43:14 Job 11:7 Revelation 1:8 Revelation 21:22

Job 5:17 · BSB

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Genesis 17:1 · BSB

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Genesis 43:14 · BSB

May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

Job 11:7 · BSB

Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

Revelation 1:8 · BSB

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

Revelation 21:22 · BSB

But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

“dealt”

Job 6:4 Hebrews 12:11 Psalm 88:15 Job 19:6 Psalm 73:14 Isaiah 38:13

Job 6:4 · BSB

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Hebrews 12:11 · BSB

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

Psalm 88:15 · BSB

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Job 19:6 · BSB

then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Psalm 73:14 · BSB

For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

Isaiah 38:13 · BSB

I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

Also

Exodus 6:3

Exodus 6:3 · BSB

I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”

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