Ruth 1:21

Contemporary English Version 1995

I had everything when I left, but the Lord has brought me back with nothing. How can you still call me Naomi, when God has turned against me and made my life so hard?”

Cross References

Job 1:21

and said: “We bring nothing at birth; we take nothing with us at death. The Lord alone gives and takes. Praise the name of the Lord!”

Job 16:8

my shriveled up skin proves that I am his prisoner.

Job 13:26

Why do you accuse me of horrible crimes and make me pay for sins I did in my youth?

Job 10:17

You never stop accusing me; you become furious and attack over and over again.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Job 30:11

God has destroyed me, and so they don't care what they do.

Ruth 1:13

would you wait for them to become old enough to marry? No, my daughters! Life is harder for me than it is for you, because the Lord has turned against me.”