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


In Context

17 Where thou diest I die, and there I am buried; thus doth Jehovah to me, and thus doth He add — for death itself doth part between me and thee.'

18 And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

19 and they go both of them till their coming in to Beth-Lehem; and it cometh to pass at their coming in to Beth-Lehem, that all the city is moved at them, and they say, 'Is this Naomi?'

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

21 I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?'

22 And Naomi turneth back, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who hath turned back from the fields of Moab, and they have come in to Beth-Lehem at the commencement 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And she said to 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 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.