21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(A) Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has opposed[a] me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

22 So Naomi came back from the territory of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.(B)

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  1. 1:21 LXX, Syr, Vg read has humiliated

21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty.(A) Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted[a] me;(B) the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”

22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite,(C) her daughter-in-law,(D) arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest(E) was beginning.(F)

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  1. Ruth 1:21 Or has testified against