Ruth 1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
In other versions
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
ASV
And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.
BBE
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi -- call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
DBY
She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
WEB
And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,
YLT
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
ENG
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
WBT
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
BSB
In context
18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21I 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?
22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Naomi