Ruth 1:21

Easy To Read Version

I had everything I wanted when I left. But now, the Lord brings me home with nothing. The Lord has made me sad, so why should you call me ‘Happy’? [6] {God} All-Powerful has given much trouble to me.”

Cross References

Job 1:21

He said:

Job 10:17

You always have someone\par to prove I am wrong.\par Your will show your anger at me\par again and again in many ways,\par as you send one army after another\par against me.\par

Job 13:26

God, you say bitter things against me.\par Are you making me suffer\par for the sins I did when I was young.\par

Job 16:8

You have made me thin and weak,\par and people think that means\par I am guilty.\par

Job 30:11

God has taken the string\par from my bow and made me weak.\par Those young men don’t stop themselves\par but turn against me with all their anger.\par

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Ruth 1:13

You would have to wait until they grew to become men before you could marry them. I can’t make you wait that long for husbands. That would make me very sad! {And I am already sad enough}—the Lord has done many things to me!”