Ruth 1:20 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁰ And she said to them, “Do not call me Naʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And she said to them, Call me not Naomi [pleasant]; call me Mara [bitter], for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Common English Bible

²⁰ She replied to them, “Don’t call me Naomi, but call me Mara, for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But she said to them, "Do not call me Naomi (that is, beautiful), but call me Mara (that is, bitter). For the Almighty has greatly filled me with bitterness.

Ruth 1:20 Cross References

Genesis 17:1

And it came to be when Aḇ

Genesis 43:14

“And Ě

Job 11:7

Would you find out Eloah by searching, or search out the end of the Almighty?

Job 19:6

know then that Eloah has overthrown me, and has surrounded me with His net.

Job 5:17

Look, blessed is the man whom Eloah does reprove, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, my spirit drinks in their poison, the onslaughts of Eloah are arrayed against me.

Job 9:18

He does not allow me to recover my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Psalm 73:14

For I am plagued all day long, And my reproof is every morning.

Psalm 88:15

I am afflicted and dying from childhood; I have borne frightening matters from You; I am in despair.

Exodus 15:23

And they came to Marah, and they were unable to drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. So the name of it was called Marah.

Exodus 6:3

“And I appeared to Aḇ

Isaiah 38:13

“I soothed myself until morning. Like a lion, so He shatters all my bones. From day to night You make an end of me.

Hebrews 12:11

And indeed, no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but grievous, but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Revelation 1:8

“I am the ‘Aleph’ and the ‘Taw’, Beginning and End,” says יהוה  “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Revelation 21:22

And I saw no Dwelling Place in it, for יהוה  Ě