Ruth 1:5

Ruth 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
• New International Version (NIV)both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.

Context of Ruth 1:5

3Naomi’s husband, Elimelech, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4Her sons took Moabite women as their wives: one was named Orpah and the second was named Ruth. After they lived in Moab about ten years, both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two children and without her husband. 6She and her daughters-in-law set out to return from the territory of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the Lord had paid attention to his people’s need by providing them food. 7She left the place where she had been living, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, and traveled along the road leading back to the land of Judah.

Ruth 1:5 word by word

וַיָּמ֥וּתוּ גַם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם מַחְל֣וֹן וְכִלְי֑וֹן וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה מִשְּׁנֵ֥י יְלָדֶ֖יהָ וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mahlonמַחְלוֹןmachlôn · MahlonH4248
• and Chilionכִּלְיוֹןkilyôn · ChilionH3630
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• also bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• of them; and the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• was leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• sonsיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• and her husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376

Cross-references for Ruth 1:5

• Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would comprehend this; they would understand their fate.
• Psalms 89:30If his sons abandon my instruction and do not live by my ordinances,
• Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognize how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
• Isaiah 49:21Then you will say within yourself, ‘Who fathered these for me? I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive, exiled and wandering — but who brought them up? See, I was left by myself — but these, where did they come from?’”
• Matthew 22:25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.
• Luke 7:12Just as he neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town was also with her.

Commentaries on Ruth 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And Mahlon and Chilion 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. It is very likely that there is more here than conjecture.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Naomi was left (literally the woman was bereft): Naomi faced deep emotional pain. She also lacked financial support, and without heirs, she had no hope for her family's future.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-5Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1. in the days when the judges ruled--The beautiful and interesting story which this book relates belongs to the early times of the judges. The precise date cannot be ascertained.Read the comment

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• Bereavement
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Commentaries on Ruth 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings