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Ruth 1:20 KJV
Ruth · chapter 1 · verse 20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.Ruth 1:20 · King James Version
Ruth 1:20 in context
18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21I 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?
22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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Key words (Strong's)
- AlmightyShaddaythe AlmightyH7706 →
- NaomiNoʻŏmîyNoomi, an IsraelitessH5281 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Callqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- MaraMârâʼMara, a symbolic name of NaomiH4755 →
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Naomi and Ruth, after many a weary step (the fatigue of the journey, we may suppose, being somewhat relieved by the good instructions Naomi gave to her proselyte and the good discourse they had together), came at last to Bethlehem.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-22