Ruth 1:21
Context1:21 I left here full, 1 but the Lord has caused me to return empty-handed. 2 Why do you call me ‘Naomi,’ seeing that 3 the Lord has opposed me, 4 and the Sovereign One 5 has caused me to suffer?” 6
Ruth 1:11
Context1:11 But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! 7 I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands! 8


[1:21] 1 sn I left here full. That is, with a husband and two sons.
[1:21] 2 tn Heb “but empty the
[1:21] 3 tn The disjunctive clause structure (vav [ו] + subject + verb) here introduces either an attendant circumstance (“when the
[1:21] 4 tc The LXX reads “humbled me” here, apparently understanding the verb as a Piel (עָנָה, ’anah) from a homonymic root meaning “afflict.” However, עָנָה (“afflict”) never introduces its object with בְּ (bet); when the preposition בְּ is used with this verb, it is always adverbial (“in, with, through”). To defend the LXX reading one would have to eliminate the preposition.
[1:21] 5 sn The divine name translated Sovereign One is שַׁדַּי (shadday, “Shaddai”). See further the note on this term in Ruth 1:20.
[1:21] 6 tn Or “brought disaster upon me”; NIV “brought misfortune (calamity NRSV) upon me”; NLT “has sent such tragedy.”
[1:11] 7 tn Heb “Why would you want to come with me?” Naomi’s rhetorical question expects a negative answer. The phrase “to Judah” is added in the translation for clarification.
[1:11] 8 tn Heb “Do I still have sons in my inner parts that they might become your husbands?” Again Naomi’s rhetorical question expects a negative answer.