Ruth 1:20
King James Version (KJV)
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
In context
18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 And she said unto 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, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 1:20 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
- WEB World English Bible
- She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
- YLT 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And she said to them, Call me not Naomi — call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.