Ruth 1:19
Good News Translation
They went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived, the whole town became excited, and the women there exclaimed, "Is this really Naomi?"

New Revised Standard Version
So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?”

Contemporary English Version
They reached Bethlehem, and the whole town was excited to see them. The women who lived there asked, "Can this really be Naomi?"

New American Bible
So they went on together until they reached Bethlehem. On their arrival there, the whole town was excited about them, and the women asked: “Can this be Naomi?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
So they went together, and came to Bethlehem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the women said: This is that Noemi.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So they went together, and came to Bethlehem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the women said: This is that Noemi.

Matthew 21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this?

Is this Naomi?

Isaiah 23:7 Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Lamentations 2:15 Samech. All they that passed by the way have clapped their hands at thee: they have hissed, and wagged their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city of perfect beauty, the joy of all the earth?

Context
The Return to Bethlehem
19So they went together, and came to Bethlehem. And when they were come into the city, the report was quickly spread among all: and the women said: This is that Noemi.20But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.…
Cross References
Matthew 21:10
And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this?

Ruth 1:20
But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.

Ruth 1:18
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