20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.


In Context

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death shall part thee and me.

18 When she saw that she was steadfastly resolved to go with her, then she left speaking to her.

19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they had come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

20 And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

21 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?

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest.

Ruth 1:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:20"Don't call me Naomi, " she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:20But she said to them: Call me not Noemi, (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20She said to them, |Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And she saith unto them, 'Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.