Ruth 1:5

5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 1:5 in Other Translations

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

5 both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.

5 But then the two brothers, Mahlon and Kilion, died. Now the woman was left without either her young men or her husband.

5 both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two children and without her husband.

Ruth 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 1:5

And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them
As well as their father, in the land of Moab, after they had lived with their wives in it about ten years; the Targum is,

``because they transgressed the decree of the Word of the Lord, and joined in affinity with strange people, their days were cut off;''

or shortened:

and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband;
deprived both of her husband and her sons, which was a great affliction, aggravated by her being in a strange country; many are the afflictions of the righteous.

Ruth 1:5 In-Context

3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.

4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,

5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there.

7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 2
• 2. ver 8; Ruth 2:11