Ruth 1:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say in your heart, “Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away— so who has reared these? I was left all alone— where, then, have these come from?”

Jeremiah 2:19

Your wickedness will punish you, and your faithlessness will convict you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of hosts.

Luke 7:12

As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow, and with her was a large crowd from the town.

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I, even I, am he; there is no god besides me. I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and no one can deliver from my hand.

Ruth 1:2

The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

Ruth 1:4

These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years,

Ruth 1:6

Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had considered his people and given them food.