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Naomi Becomes a Widow

Ruth 1:5

In 11 translations

BSB
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
KJV
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
WEB
Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
ASV
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
LSV
And they die also, both of them—Mahlon and Chilion—and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.
YLT
And they die also, both of them — Mahlon and Chilion — and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.
DBY
And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
DRC
And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.
GNV
And Mahlon and Chilion dyed also both twaine: so the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes, and of her husband.
JPS
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
LXXE
And both Maalon and Chelaion died also; and the woman was left of her husband and her two sons.

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WLC
וַיָּמ֥וּתוּ גַם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם מַחְל֣וֹן וְכִלְי֑וֹן וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה מִשְּׁנֵ֥י יְלָדֶ֖יהָ וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπέθανον καί γε ἀμφότεροι Μααλὼν καὶ Χελαιών· καὶ κατελείφθη ἡ γυνὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δύο υἱῶν αὐτῆς.

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  • Psalms 89:30–32If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments, if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments, I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
  • Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
  • Isaiah 49:21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
  • Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  • Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
  • Matthew 22:25–27Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh. And…

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