KJV King James Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
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Ruth 1:5
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
WEB World English Bible
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
ASV American Standard Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Ruth 1
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.
7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
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Deuteronomy 32:39See 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.Psalm 89:30-32If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;Isaiah 49:21Then 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 22:25-27Now 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:Jeremiah 2:19Thine 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 7:12Now 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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