Ruth 1:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Ruth 1:20

18 ^aWhen she saw that she¹ was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

19 Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that ^aall the city was excited because of them; and the women said, ^b“Is this Naomi?”

20 But she said to them, “Do not call me¹ Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

21 I went out full, ^aand the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and¹ the Almighty has afflicted me?”

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem ^aat the beginning of barley harvest.

Verse Comparison: Ruth 1:20

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American Standard Version
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Amplified® Bible
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi [pleasant]; call me Mara [bitter], for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Contemporary English Version
Then she told them, "Don't call me Naomi any longer! Call me Mara, because God has made my life bitter.

Darby English Version
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi -- call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Good News Bible
"Don't call me Naomi," she answered; "call me Marah, because Almighty God has made my life bitter.

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

New American Standard Bible
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

New International Version
"Don't call me Naomi, " she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

New King James Version
But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Revised Standard Version
She said to them, "Do not call me Na'omi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Young's Literal Translation
And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,

New English Translation
But she replied¹ to them,² “Don’t call me ‘Naomi’!³ Call me ‘Mara’⁴ because the Sovereign One⁵ has treated me very harshly.⁶

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