Ruth 1:21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.  Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has opposed  me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? ’

Cross References

Job 1:21

saying: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life.  , The Lord gives, and the  Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the  Lord.

Job 16:8

You have shrivelled me up   #– #it has become a witness; my frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

Job 13:26

For you record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.

Job 10:17

You produce new witnesses  against me and multiply your anger towards me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave.

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.

Job 30:11

Because God has loosened my   bowstring and oppressed me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

Ruth 1:13

would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying?  No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share,  because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.’