Ruth 1:19–22
¶ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
¶ So they two went vntill they came to Bethlehem: And it came to passe when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the citie was mooued about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
And she said vnto them, Call me not †Naomi; call mee †Mara: for the Almightie hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Translator clarificationThat is, pleasant.
- †Translator clarificationThat is, bitter.
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 full, and the LORD hath bought me home againe emptie: Why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitesse her daughter in law with her, which returned out of the countrey of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem, in the beginning of barley haruest.
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From verse 19
- Matthew 21:10Rank 1 from verse 19
- Isaiah 23:7Rank 2 from verse 19
- Lamentations 2:15Rank 3 from verse 19
15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
15†*All that passe by, clap their hands at thee: they hisse and wagge their head at the daughter of Ierusalem, saying, Is this the citie that men call the perfection of beauty, the ioy of the whole earth?
From verse 20
- Hebrews 12:11Rank 2 from verse 20
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuerthelesse, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are exercised thereby.
- Psalms 88:15Rank 3 from verse 20
- Isaiah 38:13Rank 4 from verse 20
- Lamentations 3:1–20Rank 6 from verse 20
1I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
1¶ I Am the man that hath seene affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me and brought mee into darkenesse, but not into light.
3Surely against me is he turned, he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and trauel.
6He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: hee hath made my chaine heauie.
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9Hee hath inclosed my wayes with hewen stone: he hath made my pathes crooked.
10He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
11Hee hath turned aside my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: hee hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a marke for the arrow.
13†Hee hath caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.
14*I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
15†Hee hath filled me with bitternesse, hee hath made me drunken with wormewood.
16‖He hath also broken my teeth with grauell stones, hee hath couered me with ashes.
17†And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19‖Remembring mine affliction and my miserie, the wormewood & the gall.
20†My soule hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
- Psalms 73:14Rank 7 from verse 20
- Exodus 6:3Rank 9 from verse 20
- Genesis 17:1Rank 10 from verse 20
1AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
1¶ And when Abram was ninetie yeres old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said vnto him, I am the almightie God, *walke before me, and be thou ‖perfect.
- Genesis 43:14Rank 11 from verse 20
14And 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, I am bereaved.
14And God Almightie giue you mercie before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Beniamin: ‖If I be bereaued of my children, I am bereaued.
- Revelation 1:8Rank 13 from verse 20
- Revelation 21:22Rank 14 from verse 20
From verse 21
- 1 Samuel 2:7–8Rank 1 from verse 21
7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8He 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.
7The LORD maketh poore, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth vp.
8*He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger 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 LORDs, and hee hath set the world vpon them.
21And 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.
21And said, *Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the LORD gaue, and the LORD hath taken away, blessed be the Name of the LORD.
- Malachi 3:5Rank 6 from verse 21
5And 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.
5‖And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will bee a swift witnesse against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppresse the hireling in his wages, the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and that turne aside the stranger from his right, and feare not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
From verse 22
- 2 Samuel 21:9Rank 2 from verse 22
9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
9And hee deliuered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seuen together, and were put to death in the dayes of haruest, in the first dayes, in the beginning of barley haruest.
- Exodus 9:31–32Rank 3 from verse 22
31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
32But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
31And the flaxe, and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the eare, and the flaxe was bolled:
32But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were †not growen vp.
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Ruth 1:19
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of move, meaning to change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.
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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Ruth 1:20
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Possessing all power; omnipotent. As a title, the Almighty God.
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To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.
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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.
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With bitter grief, pain, harshness, or hostility.
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Ruth 1:21
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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One's dwelling or native place; toward or at that place.
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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
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Sense 1: Containing nothing; void, unfilled, destitute, or without effect. Sense 2: To pour out or deprive of contents.
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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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1. As a connective, because, since, or in view of a stated fact. 2. Perceiving with the eyes; observing. 3. Recognizing, discerning, understanding, or foreseeing.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of testify, meaning to bear witness, declare solemnly, or give evidence of something known.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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Possessing all power; omnipotent. As a title, the Almighty God.
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Troubled, oppressed, chastened, or made to suffer.
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Ruth 1:22
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of return, meaning to go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.
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Ruth, the Moabitish woman whose history is recorded in the book bearing her name.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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The start, first part, or earliest point in time, order, or action.
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18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
18When shee sawe that shee †was stedfastly minded to goe with her, then shee left speaking vnto her.
19¶ So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
19¶ So they two went vntill they came to Bethlehem: And it came to passe when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the citie was mooued about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Selected passage20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
20And she said vnto them, Call me not †Naomi; call mee †Mara: for the Almightie hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Selected passage21I 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?
21I went out full, and the LORD hath bought me home againe emptie: Why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Selected passage22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitesse her daughter in law with her, which returned out of the countrey of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem, in the beginning of barley haruest.
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