Ruth Chapter 1 verse 5 Holy Bible
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
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And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.
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And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
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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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And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left by her two sons and her husband.
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Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
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And they die also, both of them -- Mahlon and Chilion -- and the woman is left of her two children and of her husband.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - And, to make a long story short, Machlon and Chillon died also both of them. "Like green apples," says Fuller, "cudgelled off the tree." But why "cudgelled?" There is no evidence in the text of Divine displeasure, and the Christian expositor, when going beyond the text in quest of principles, should not forget the tower of Siloam, and the victims of Pilate s bloodthirstiness (see Luke 13:1-5). And the woman was left of her two children and of her husband. That is, "of her two children as well as of her husband." She became as it were their relict too. She remained behind after they had gone on before. If all sentiment were to be taken out of the expression, it might then be simply said, in very commonplace prose, she survived them. Poor woman! "Of the two sexes," says Fuller, "the woman is the weaker; of women, old women are most feeble; of old women, widows most woeful; of widows, those that are poor, their plight most pitiful; of poor widows, those who want children, their case most doleful; of widows that want children, those that once had them, and after lost them, their estate most desolate; of widows that have had children, those that are strangers in a foreign country, their condition most comfortless. Yet all these met together in Naomi, as in the center of sorrow, to make the measure of her misery pressed down, shaken together, running over. I conclude, therefore, many men have had affliction - none like Job; many women have had tribulation - none like Naomi." CHAPTER 1:6-14.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) And they died.--Clearly as quite young men. It is not for us to say how far those are right who see in the death of Elimelech and his sons God's punishment for the disregard of His law. Thus Naomi is left alone, as one on whom comes suddenly the loss of children and widowhood.
