Ruth 1:5

Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. ¹  So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children ²  as well as her husband!

biblegateway Rut 1:5

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

biblegateway Rut 1:5

Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.

biblegateway Rut 1:5

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

biblegateway Rut 1:5

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

SABDAweb Rut 1:5

And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.

bibleoremus Rut 1:5

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

biblegateway Rut 1:5

Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.

biblegateway Rut 1:5

Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. ¹  So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children ²  as well as her husband!

¹ tn Heb “and the two of them also died, Mahlon and Kilion.”

² tn The term יֶלֶד (yeled, “offspring”), from the verb יָלַד (yalad, “to give birth to”), is used only here of a married man. By shifting to this word from the more common term בֵּן (ben, “son”; see vv. 1-5a) and then using it in an unusual manner, the author draws attention to Naomi’s loss and sets up a verbal link with the story’s conclusion (cf. 4:16). Although grown men, they were still her “babies” (see E. F. Campbell, Ruth [AB], 56; F. W. Bush, Ruth, Esther [WBC], 66).