Ruth 1:5
And Mahlon and Chilion both died; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Then both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And Mahlon{H4248} and Chilion{H3630} died{H4191} both{H8147} of them; and the woman{H802} was left{H7604} of her two{H8147} children{H3206} and of her husband.{H376}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And Mahlon{H4248} and Chilion{H3630} died{H4191}{(H8799)} also both{H8147} of them; and the woman{H802} was left{H7604}{(H8735)} of her two{H8147} sons{H3206} and her husband{H376}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
they dyed both, Mahelon and Chilion, so that the woman remayned desolate of both hir sonnes and hir husbande.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And Mahlon and Chilion dyed also both twaine: so the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes, and of her husband.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And Mahlon & Chilion died also euen both of them, and the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes and of her husband.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And they die also, both of them -- Mahlon and Chilion -- and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
American Standard Version (1901)
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.
World English Bible (2000)
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left all alone– bereaved of her two children as well as her husband!
Referenced Verses
- Deut 32:39 : 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: nor is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
- Ps 89:30-32 : 30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments; 31 If they break my statutes and do not keep my commandments; 32 Then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
- Isa 49:21 : 21 Then you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and moving to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?
- Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
- Matt 22:25-27 : 25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, to the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also.
- Luke 7:12 : 12 Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and a large crowd of the city was with her.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Ruth 1:1-44 verses88%
1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and remained there.
3 And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
4 And they took wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years.
- Ruth 1:6-2217 verses79%
6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, to return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
7 Therefore she went out from where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
8 And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9 The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voices and wept.
10 And they said to her, Surely we will return with you to your people.
11 And Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters: why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and also bear sons;
13 Would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.
14 And they lifted up their voices and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth held onto her.
15 And she said, Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: return after your sister-in-law.
16 And Ruth said, Do not urge me to leave you, or to turn back from following you: for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay: your people shall be my people, and your God my God:
17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
18 When she saw that she was determined to go with her, then she stopped speaking to her.
19 So the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was stirred because of them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD has brought me back empty: why then call me Naomi, seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned from the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
- Ruth 2:18-236 verses76%
18 Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out and gave to her what she had reserved after she was satisfied.
19 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where have you worked? Blessed be he who took notice of you. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not forsaken his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, This man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kinsmen.
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.
22 And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, that they may not meet you in any other field.
23 So she stayed close by the maidens of Boaz to glean until the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest and lived with her mother-in-law.
- Ruth 4:10-112 verses75%
10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from his brethren or from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.'
11 And all the people at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.
- Ruth 2:1-33 verses74%
1 And Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field and glean ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
3 So she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and her chance was to happen upon a part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
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5 Then Boaz said, 'The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.'
- Ruth 4:13-153 verses72%
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
14 Then the women said to Naomi, 'Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman, and may his name be famous in Israel.
15 He shall be a restorer of your life and a provider for your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.'
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16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
- Ruth 2:6-83 verses71%
6 And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish young woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.
7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued even from the morning until now, except she rested a little in the house.
8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field or leave this place, but stay here close to my maidens.
- Luke 20:30-323 verses71%
30 And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.
31 And the third took her; and likewise all seven left no children, and died.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
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21 The second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise.
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11 And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shown to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people which you did not know before.
- 2 Sam 14:5-62 verses70%
5 And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
6 And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.
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5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
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27 And last of all the woman died also.