And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. Treasury of Scripture Naomi. that is, Pleasant
Mara. that is, Bitter
the Almighty Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me... Genesis 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children... Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty: Job 11:7 Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty to perfection? Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, said the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. dealt Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinks up my spirit... Job 19:6 Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net. Psalm 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. Psalm 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted. Isaiah 38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night will you make an end of me. Lamentations 3:1-20 I AM the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath... Hebrews 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous...
Context Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem
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 to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21I went out full and the LORD has brought me home again empty: why then call you me Naomi, seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has 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. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But she said to them: Call me not Noemi, (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.
Darby Bible Translation
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
King James Bible
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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,
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