Ruth 1:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ And Maḥlon and Kilyon also died, both of them, so the woman was bereaved of her two sons and of her husband.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them, so the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

Common English Bible

⁵ But both of the sons, Mahlon and Chilion, also died. Only the woman was left, without her two children and without her husband.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.

Ruth 1:5 Cross References

Isaiah 49:21

“And you shall say in your heart, ‘Who has brought forth these for me, since I am bereaved and barren, an exile, and wandering to and fro? And who reared them? See, I was left alone – from where did these come?’ ”

Jeremiah 2:19

“Your own evil instructs you, and your backslidings reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter that you have forsaken יהוה your Elohim, and that My fear is not in you,” declares the Master יהוה of hosts.

Luke 7:12

And see, as He came near the gate of the city a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I, I am He, And there is no Elohim besides Me. I put to death and I make alive. I have wounded, and I heal. And from My hand no one delivers!

Ruth 1:2

And the name of the man was Elimeleḵ, and the name of his wife was Na‛omi, and the names of his two sons were Maḥlon and Kilyon – Ephrathites of Bĕyth Leḥem, Yehuḏah. And they went to the fields of Mo’aḇ and came to be there.

Ruth 1:4

And they took wives of the women of Mo’aḇ, the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they dwelt there about ten years.

Ruth 1:6

And she rose up, with her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Mo’aḇ, for she had heard in the fields of Mo’aḇ that יהוה had visited His people in giving them bread.