Ruth 1:20

New Living Translation

²⁰“Don’t call me Naomi,” she responded. “Instead, call me Mara,^[a] for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me.

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1:20 Naomi means “pleasant”; Mara means “bitter.”

Ruth 1:20 in all English translations

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