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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Ruth 1:3

Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bereavement;   Elimelech;   Readings, Select;   Widow;   Thompson Chain Reference - Widows;   Women;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Moab;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for August 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons.
Hebrew Names Version
Elimelekh, Na`omi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
King James Version
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Lexham English Bible
But Elimelech the husband of Naomi died and she was left behind with her two sons.
English Standard Version
But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.
New Century Version
Then Naomi's husband, Elimelech, died, and she was left with her two sons.
New English Translation
Sometime later Naomi's husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.
Amplified Bible
Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left [a widow] with her two sons.
New American Standard Bible
Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Elimelech the husbande of Naomi died, and she remayned with her two sonnes,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
Contemporary English Version
Elimelech died, leaving Naomi with only her two sons.
Complete Jewish Bible
Elimelekh, Na‘omi's husband, died; and she was left, she and her two sons.
Darby Translation
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Easy-to-Read Version
Later, Naomi's husband, Elimelech, died, so only Naomi and her two sons were left.
George Lamsa Translation
And Elimeleck the husband of Naomi died; and she was left with her two sons.
Good News Translation
Elimelech died, and Naomi was left alone with her two sons,
Literal Translation
And Naomi's husband Elimelech died; And she was left, and her two sons.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Eli Melech Naemis hußbande dyed, & she was left behinde wt hir two sonnes,
American Standard Version
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Bible in Basic English
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Elimelech Naomies husbande died, and she remayned with her two sonnes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
King James Version (1611)
And Elimelech Naomies husband died, and shee was left, and her two sonnes;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Elimelech the husband of Noemin died; and she was left, and her two sons.
English Revised Version
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Naomi's husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Elymelech, the hosebonde of Noemy, diede, and sche lefte with the sones;
Young's Literal Translation
And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;
Update Bible Version
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
World English Bible
Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
New King James Version
Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
New Living Translation
Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons.
New Life Bible
But Naomi's husband Elimelech died. And she was left with her two sons,
New Revised Standard
But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Elimelech, husband of Naomi, died, - and she was left, she and her two sons.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.
Revised Standard Version
But Elim'elech, the husband of Na'omi, died, and she was left with her two sons.
THE MESSAGE
Elimelech died and Naomi was left, she and her two sons. The sons took Moabite wives; the name of the first was Orpah, the second Ruth. They lived there in Moab for the next ten years. But then the two brothers, Mahlon and Kilion, died. Now the woman was left without either her young men or her husband.

Contextual Overview

1 Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. 2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. Now they entered the land of Moab and remained there. 3 Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.4 They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. 5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and she was: 2 Kings 4:1, Psalms 34:19, Hebrews 12:6, Hebrews 12:10, Hebrews 12:11

Cross-References

Job 36:30
"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.
Job 38:19
"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
Psalms 33:9
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalms 97:11
Light is sown like seed for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms 104:2
Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
Psalms 118:27
The Lord is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Psalms 148:5
Let them praise the name of the Lord , For He commanded and they were created.
Isaiah 45:7
The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.
Isaiah 60:19
"No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, And your God for your glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died,.... According to Josephus x, after he had dwelt in the land ten years, and had married his two sons to Moabitish women; but, as Alshech observes, the text shows that while he was living they were not married to them, but after his death; and it is said of them only that they dwelt there about ten years; so that it is most probable that their father died quickly after he came into the land of Moab: and she was left, and her two sons; in a strange land, she without a husband, and they without a father.

x Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 1.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 1:3. Elimelech - died — Probably a short time after his arrival in Moab.


 
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