Ruth 1:20

Overview - Ruth 1
Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there.
Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also.
Naomi, returning homeward,
dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her.
14 Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her.
19 They two come to Beth-lehem, where they are gladly received.
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Ruth 1:20  (King James Version)
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.
Genesis 17:1 ; 43:14 Job 5:17 ; 11:7 Revelation 1:8 ; 21:22

dealt
Job 6:4 ; 19:6 Psalms 73:14 ; 88:15 Isaiah 38:13 ; Lamentations 3:1-20 ; Hebrews 12:11