New American Standard Bible 2020

Ruth 1:19-22

19So they both went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they had come to Bethlehem, 1all the city was stirred because of them, and 2the women said, “Is this Naomi?” 20But she said to them, “Do not call me 3Naomi; call me 4Mara, for 5 6the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21I went away full, but 7the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me and 8the Almighty has afflicted me?”

22So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at 9the beginning of barley harvest.

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1. Ruth 1:19 Matt 21:10 ↩
2. Ruth 1:19 Lit they ↩
3. Ruth 1:20 I.e., pleasant ↩
4. Ruth 1:20 I.e., bitter ↩
5. Ruth 1:20 Heb Shaddai ↩
6. Ruth 1:20 Ex 6:3; Job 6:4 ↩
7. Ruth 1:21 Job 1:21 ↩
8. Ruth 1:21 Heb Shaddai ↩
9. Ruth 1:22 Ex 9:31; Lev 23:10, 11 ↩

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