Ruth 1:21

New Century Version

When I left, I had all I wanted, but now, the Lord has brought me home with nothing. Why should you call me Naomi when the Lord has spoken against me and the Almighty has given me so much trouble?”

Cross References

Job 1:21

He said: “I was naked when I was born, and I will be naked when I die. The Lord gave these things to me, and he has taken them away. Praise the name of the Lord.”

Job 10:17

You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger against me. Your armies come against me.

Job 13:26

You write down cruel things against me and make me suffer for my boyhood sins.

Job 16:8

You have made me thin and weak, and this shows I have done wrong.

Job 30:11

God has taken away my strength and made me suffer, so they attack me with all their anger.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Ruth 1:13

should you wait until they were grown into men? Should you live for so many years without husbands? Don’t do that, my daughters. My life is much too sad for you to share, because the Lord has been against me!”