Ruth 1:20
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New International Version (©1984)
"Don't call me Naomi," she told them. "Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
She answered them, "Don't call me Naomi [Sweet]. Call me Mara [Bitter] because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.

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

American King James Version
And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

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

Bible in Basic English
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.

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.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And she said to 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.

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,

Geneva Study Bible

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

Wesley's Notes

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

King James Translators' Notes

Naomi: that is, Pleasant

Mara: that is, Bitter

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


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)

Almighty Bitter Bitterly Dealt Life Marah Naomi Na'omi Ruler


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

Naomi. that is, Pleasant
Mara. that is, Bitter
the Almighty Ge 17:1 43:14 Job 5:17 11:7 Re 1:8 21:22

dealt Job 6:4 19:6 Ps 73:14 88:15 Isa 38:13 La 3:1-20 Heb 12:11

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