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Ruth 1:20

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

KJV

Quibus ait : Ne vocetis me Noëmi (id est, pulchram), sed vocate me Mara (id est, amaram), quia amaritudine valde replevit me Omnipotens.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτάς Μὴ δὴ καλεῖτέ με Νωεμείν, καλέσατέ με Πικράν, ὅτι ἐπικράνθη ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ ἱκανὸς σφόδρα.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ן אַל תִּקְרֶ֥אנָה לִ֖/י נָעֳמִ֑י קְרֶ֤אןָ לִ/י֙ מָרָ֔א כִּי הֵמַ֥ר שַׁדַּ֛י לִ֖/י מְאֹֽד

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Naomi

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הֵמַ֥ר
hmr
verb · 14×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מָרָ֔א
mr'
proper_noun · 1×
נָעֳמִ֑י
n'my
proper_noun · 21×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:10 — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
  • Exod 15:23 — And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
  • Heb 12:11 — Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
  • Isa 38:13 — I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
  • Job 5:17 — Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
  • Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
  • Job 19:6 — Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
  • Lam 3:1 — I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
  • Ps 73:14 — For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
  • Ps 88:15 — I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.