Ruth 1:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty; why call me Naomi when the Lord has dealt harshly with me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”

Cross References

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 10:17

You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me.

Job 13:26

For you write bitter things against me and make me reap the iniquities of my youth.

Job 16:8

And he has shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; my leanness has risen up against me, and it testifies to my face.

Job 30:11

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

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Ruth 1:13

would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, it has been far more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the Lord has turned against me.”