Ruth 1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Ruth 1:20 in other translations
| BSB | “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And she saith unto them, ‘Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me, |
| DARBY | And she said to them, Call me not Naomi — call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. |
What does Ruth 1:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 1:19-22
Ru 1:19-22. They Come to Beth-lehem. 19-22. all the city was moved about them--The present condition of Naomi, a forlorn and desolate widow, presented so painful a contrast to the flourishing state of prosperity and domestic bliss in which she had been at her departure.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ruth 1:19-22
Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem. Afflictions will make great and surprising changes in a little time. May God, by his grace, fit us for all such changes, especially the great change!, Naomi signifies "pleasant," or "amiable;" Mara, "bitter," or "bitterness." She was now a woman of a sorrowful spirit. She had come home empty, poor, a widow and childless. But there is a fulness for believers of which they never can…
Ruth 1:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ruth 1:20
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- 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.
- Job 19:6
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
- Psalms 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
- Lamentations 3:1-20
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. …
- Job 5:17
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
- Genesis 17:1
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- Exodus 6:3
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.
- Genesis 43:14
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
- Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
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Context
- Ruth 1:19
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?
- Ruth 1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
- Ruth 1:21
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?
Ruth 1:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ella les respondía: No me llaméis Noemi, sino llamadme Mara: porque en grande amargura me ha puesto el Todopoderoso. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et elle leur dit: Ne m’appelez pas Naomi, appelez-moi Mara; car le Tout-puissant m’a remplie d’amertume. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie sprach zu ihnen: Nennet mich nicht Noomi, nennet mich Mara; denn der Allmächtige hat es mir sehr bitter gemacht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quibus ait: Ne vocetis me Noëmi (id est, pulchram), sed vocate me Mara (id est, amaram), quia amaritudine valde replevit me Omnipotens. |