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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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New Living Translation

Ruth 1:5

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bereavement;   Chilion;   Mahlon;   Readings, Select;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mahlon;   Orpah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Widow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mahlon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Orpah;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Naomi;   Orpah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem ;   Chilion ;   Mahlon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Certain;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Chil'lon;   Mah'lon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for August 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two children and without her husband.
Hebrew Names Version
Machlon and Kilyon died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
King James Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
Lexham English Bible
But both Mahlon and Kilion died, and the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband.
English Standard Version
and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
New Century Version
when Mahlon and Kilion also died. So Naomi was left alone without her husband or her two sons.
New English Translation
Then Naomi's two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left all alone—bereaved of her two children as well as her husband!
Amplified Bible
and then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so the woman [Naomi] was left without her two sons and her husband.
New American Standard Bible
Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Mahlon and Chilion dyed also both twaine: so the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes, and of her husband.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was left without her two children and her husband.
Contemporary English Version
Mahlon and Chilion also died. Now Naomi had no husband or sons.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Machlon and Kilyon died, both of them; and the woman was left with neither her two sons nor her husband.
Darby Translation
And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Easy-to-Read Version
then Mahlon and Kilion also died. So Naomi was left alone without her husband or her two sons.
George Lamsa Translation
And Malion and Calion, her two sons, died; and the woman was bereft of her husband and her two sons.
Good News Translation
Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left all alone, without husband or sons.
Literal Translation
And they also died, both of them, Mahlon and Chilion. And the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
they dyed both, Mahelon and Chilion, so that the woman remayned desolate of both hir sonnes and hir hußbande.
American Standard Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Bible in Basic English
And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Mahlon & Chilion died also euen both of them, and the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes and of her husband.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
King James Version (1611)
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them, and the woman was left of her two sonnes, and her husband.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And both Maalon and Chelaion died also; and the woman was left of her husband and her two sons.
English Revised Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Berean Standard Bible
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and bothe dieden, that is, Maalon and Chelion; and the womman lefte, and was maad bare of twey fre sones, and hosebonde.
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.
Update Bible Version
And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left by her two sons and her husband.
World English Bible
Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.
New King James Version
Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.
New Life Bible
both Mahlon and Chilion died. Naomi was left without her two children and her husband.
New Revised Standard
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they also, both, died, Mahlon and Chilion, - so the woman was bereft of her two sons, and of her husband.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they both died, to wit, Mahalon and Chelion: and the woman was left alone, having lost both her sons and her husband.
Revised Standard Version
and both Mahlon and Chil'ion died, so that the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.

Contextual Overview

1 In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him. 2 The man's name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there. 3 Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. 4 The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2696, bc 1308, An, Ex, Is, 183

Mahlon: Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 89:30-32, Jeremiah 2:19

died: The Targum adds, "And because they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people, therefore their days were cut off."

and the woman: Isaiah 49:21, Matthew 22:25-27, Luke 7:12

Reciprocal: Ruth 1:8 - the dead Isaiah 47:9 - these two

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God called the space "sky." And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
Genesis 1:13
And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
Genesis 1:19
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night."
Psalms 19:2
Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known.
Psalms 74:16
Both day and night belong to you; you made the starlight and the sun.
Psalms 104:20
You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.
Isaiah 45:7
I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the Lord , am the one who does these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 1:5. And Mahlon and Chilion died — The Targum adds, And because they transgressed the decree of the word of the Lord, and joined affinity with strange people, therefore their days were cut off. It is very likely that there is more here than conjecture.


 
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