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?
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
J'étais dans l'abondance à mon départ, et l'Eternel me ramène les mains vides. Pourquoi m'appelleriez-vous Naomi, après que l'Eternel s'est prononcé contre moi, et que le Tout-Puissant m'a affligée?
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?
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 153 (Migne)
t plena, et vacuam reduxit eam Dominus: unde, nec amplius Noemi sed Marath se voluit extunc vocari (Ruth. I, 21) ; quia quae pulchra erat priusquam egrederetur, regressam vero jam se esse sibi et in se amaram experitur. Et de quo loco egressa est? nonne de Bethleem? Et quae suae…
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