Ruth 1:5
3 Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
4 who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
7 Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
- KJV
- And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
- WEB
- Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
- ASV
- And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
- DARBY
- And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
- BLB
- And the two of them also died, Mahlon and Chilion. And the woman was left from her two sons and from her husband.
- ÅB
- Da døde også begge sønnene, Mahlon og Kiljon; og kvinnen var tilbake etter sine to sønner og etter sin mann.
- OTB
- Både Mahlon og Kiljon døde også, og Noomi satt igjen uten sine to sønner og sin mann.
- B1930
- Da døde også begge sønnene, Mahlon og Kiljon; og kvinnen var tilbake efter sine to sønner og efter sin mann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
Read in contextPsalms 89:30–32
If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
Read in contextIsaiah 49:21
Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
Read in contextMatthew 22:25–27
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in contextLuke 7:12
As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
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