Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
both Mahlon and Chilion died, leaving Naomi alone with neither her husband nor her two sons.
New American Standard Bible
Then
King James Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
Holman Bible
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two children and without her husband.
A Conservative Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died, both of them, and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
American Standard Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Amplified
and then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so the woman [Naomi] was left without her two sons and her husband.
Bible in Basic English
And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.
Darby Translation
And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Julia Smith Translation
And Mahlon and Chilioh, also they two, will die; and the woman will be left of her two children and of her husband.
King James 2000
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But {both} Mahlon and Kilion died, and the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband.
Modern King James verseion
And Mahlon and Chilion also died, both of them. And the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mahlon and Chilion died also; even both two of them, so that the wife was left desolate of her two sons and of her husband thereto.
NET Bible
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!
New Heart English Bible
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
The Emphasized Bible
And, they also, both, died, Mahlon and Chilion, - so the woman was bereft of her two sons, and of her husband.
Webster
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left by her two sons and her husband.
World English Bible
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they die also, both of them -- Mahlon and Chilion -- and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ruth 1:5
Images Ruth 1:5
Prayers for Ruth 1:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elimelech Takes His Family To Live In Moab
4 Each of her sons married Moabite women: one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. After they lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Chilion died, leaving Naomi alone with neither her husband nor her two sons. 6 She and her daughters-in-law prepared to return from the country of Moab, because she had heard while living there how the LORD had come to the aid of his people, giving them relief.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39
"Look now! I AM, and there is no other god besides me. I myself cause death and I sustain life; I wound severely and I also heal; from my power no one can deliver.
Psalm 89:30-32
"But if his sons abandon my laws and do not follow my ordinances,
Isaiah 49:21
Then you'll ask in your heart, "Who bore these children for me, although I was childless and barren, and an exile and cast aside? Who brought these up? Look! For my part I was left all alone; but as for these, where have they come from?'
Jeremiah 2:19
Your wickedness will be punished, and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy. Know and see that it's evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God, but the fear of me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.
Matthew 22:25-27
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.
Luke 7:12
As he approached the entrance to the city, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her.