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Ruth 1:20

King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi (note: that is, pleasant), call me Mara (note: That is, bitter): for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
“Do not call me Naomi (note: Naomi means pleasant.),” she replied. “Call me Mara (note: Mara means bitter.), because the Almighty (note: Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 21) has dealt quite bitterly with me.