Ruth 1:21 KJV
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?
Thou and Ye
- ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- They come to BethlehemNaomi and Ruth came to Bethlehem. Afflictions will make great and surprising changes in a little time. May God, by his grace, fit us for all such changes,...
Thompson Chains
- HomeLink 2 of 5 · next Mark 5:19
- ChastisementSee the chain from Deuteronomy 8:5 · 7 links
Cross References
- Job 1:21 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 2:7–8 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. …
- Job 10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
- Job 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
- Job 16:8 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.
- Malachi 3:5 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.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Dispensation of God
- Bereavement Naomi, of her husband
- Love Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz
- Naomi The mother-in-law of Ruth
- Readings, select Lights and shadows
- Widow Ruth
- Women Naomi
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- I went out אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular הָלַכְתִּי hālaktî הָלַךְ Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
- full מְלֵאָה mĕlēʾâ מָלֵא Adjective · feminine singular
- and the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- hath brought me home again הֱשִׁיבַנִי hĕšîbanî שׁוּב Verb · hiphil perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common singular
- empty וְרֵיקָם wĕrêqām רֵיקָם Adverb · with and
- why then call לָמָּה lāmmâ Interrogative · with preposition תִקְרֶאנָה tiqreʾnâ קָרָא Verb · qal imperfect, second person feminine plural
- ye me Naomi לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular נָעֳמִי nāʿŏmî נׇעֳמִי Proper name
- seeing the LORD וַיהוָה wayhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with and
- hath testified עָנָה ʿānâ עָנָה Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- against me, and the Almighty בִי bî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular וְשַׁדַּי wĕšadday שַׁדַּי Proper name · with and
- hath afflicted הֵרַע hēraʿ רָעַע Verb · hiphil perfect, third person masculine singular לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular
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