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Ruth 1:20
Ruth 1:20 is verse 20 of Ruth chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
Naomi means pleasant.
Mara means bitter.
Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21
King James Version
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
World English Bible
She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
“Naomi” means “pleasant”.
“Mara” means “bitter”.
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Ruth 1:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.
19 So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
20 “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
22 So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Job 11:7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
Revelation 21:22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Psalms 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Isaiah 38:13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
Lamentations 3:2He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
Lamentations 3:3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
Lamentations 3:4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
Lamentations 3:5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
Lamentations 3:6He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Lamentations 3:9He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:10He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
Lamentations 3:11He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
Lamentations 3:12He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
Lamentations 3:13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
Lamentations 3:14I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
Lamentations 3:16He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
Lamentations 3:17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
Lamentations 3:18So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:19Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations 3:20Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.