Ruth 1:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Elimelech, who Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Common English Bible

But Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died. Then only she was left, along with her two sons.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Elimelech the husband of Naomi died; and she remained with her sons.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.

Ruth 1:3 Cross References

2 Kings 4:1

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead: and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: But the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Ruth 1:2

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Ruth 1:4

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.