Ruth 1:20 Parallel Translations

She answered them, "Don't call me Naomi Sweet. Call me Mara Bitter because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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 unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Ruth 1:20 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 6:3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.

Job 6:4 "For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

1:20 Naomi - Which signifies pleasant, and chearful. Mara - Which signifies bitter or sorrowful.

MHC:

1:19-22 Naomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem. Afflictions will make great and surprising changes in a little time. May God, by his grace, fit us for all such changes, especially the great change!, Naomi signifies pleasant, or amiable; Mara, bitter, or bitterness. She was now a woman of a sorrowful spirit. She had come home empty, poor, a widow and childless. But there is a fulness for believers of which they never can be emptied; a good part which shall not be taken from those who have it. The cup of affliction is a bitter cup, but she owns that the affliction came from God. It well becomes us to have our hearts humbled under humbling providences. It is not affliction itself, but affliction rightly borne, that does us good.

CONC:

Almighty Bitter Bitterly Dealt Fate Mara Marah Naomi Na'omi Ruler

Almighty Bitter Bitterly Dealt Life Marah Naomi Na'omi Ruler

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