Ruth 1:21

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

I went out {H1980} full {H4392}, and the LORD {H3068} hath brought me home again {H7725} empty {H7387}: why then call {H7121} ye me Naomi {H5281}, seeing the LORD {H3068} hath testified {H6030} against me, and the Almighty {H7706} hath afflicted {H7489} me?

I went out full, and ADONAI has brought me back empty. Why call me Na'omi? ADONAI has testified against me, Shaddai has afflicted me."

I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”

I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

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Cross-References

  • Job 1:21 (7 votes)

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

  • 1 Samuel 2:7 (7 votes)

    The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

  • 1 Samuel 2:8 (7 votes)

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

  • Job 13:26 (4 votes)

    For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

  • Job 16:8 (4 votes)

    And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

  • Job 10:17 (3 votes)

    Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.

  • Malachi 3:5 (-1 votes)

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.