Ruth 1:5
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
Ruth 1:5 in other translations
| BSB | both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And they die also, both of them--Mahlon and Chilion--and the woman is 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. |
| BBE | And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband. |
| Webster | And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left by her two sons and her husband. |
What does Ruth 1:5 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ruth 1:1-5
Elimelech's care to provide for his family, was not to be blamed; but his removal into the country of Moab could not be justified. And the removal ended in the wasting of his family. It is folly to think of escaping that cross, which, being laid in our way, we ought to take up. Changing our place seldom is mending it. Those who bring young people into bad acquaintance, and take them out of the way of public…
Ruth 1:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ruth 1:5
- 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.
- Psalms 89:30-32
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
- 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?
- 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: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also.
- 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.
- 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 32:39; Ps 89:30-32; Jer 2:19
died.The Targum adds, "And because they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people, therefore their days were cut off."
and the woman.
Isa 49:21; Mt 22:25-27; Lu 7:12
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Context
- Ruth 1:4
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.
- Ruth 1:5
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
- Ruth 1:6
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.
Ruth 1:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y murieron también los dos, Mahalón y Chelión, quedando así la mujer desamparada de sus dos hijos y de su marido. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Makhlon et Kilion, eux deux aussi, moururent; et la femme resta, privée de ses deux enfants et de son mari. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da starben auch die beiden, Machlon und Kiljon; und das Weib blieb allein übrig von ihren beiden Söhnen und von ihrem Manne. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ambo mortui sunt, Mahalon videlicet et Chelion: remansitque mulier orbata duobus liberis ac marito. |