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Ruth 1:5

ChilionMahlon
GriefDeath and lossLoneliness

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

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.

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

6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

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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.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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  • Psalms 89:30–32

    If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

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  • Isaiah 49:21

    Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

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  • Matthew 22:25–27

    Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

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  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

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  • Luke 7:12

    Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

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