KJV King James Version
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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Ruth 1:3
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
WEB World English Bible
Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
ASV American Standard Version
And Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;
Surrounding context — Ruth 1
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 Bethlehemjudah 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 Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
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.
5 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.
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Psalm 34:19Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.Hebrews 12:10-11For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.2 Kings 4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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