He said, *Naked I came out of 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.*
Ruth 1:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Na`omi 1, seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I went out full, but the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? American Standard Version (1901) I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? Common English Bible I went away full, but the LORD has returned me empty. Why would you call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has deemed me guilty?” Catholic Public Domain Version I went out full and the Lord led me back empty. So then, why call me Naomi, whom the Lord has humbled and the Almighty has afflicted?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me back empty. Why then do you call me, Noemi, whom the Lord hath humbled and the Almighty hath afflicted? |
He said, *Naked I came out of 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.*
You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth:
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me,* says the LORD of Armies.
would you therefore wait until they were grown? would you therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.