Ruth 1:3
New International Version
Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.

New Living Translation
Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons.

English Standard Version
But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,

King James Bible
And 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 American Standard Bible
Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

NASB 1995
Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

NASB 1977
Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

Amplified Bible
Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left [a widow] with her two sons.

Christian Standard Bible
Naomi’s husband, Elimelech, died, and she was left with her two sons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons.

American Standard Version
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Alimalek the husband of Namei died, and she was left, she and both her sons

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Elimelech the husband of Noemin died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Contemporary English Version
Elimelech died, leaving Naomi with only her two sons.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.

English Revised Version
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Now, Naomi's husband Elimelech died, and she was left alone with her two sons.

Good News Translation
Elimelech died, and Naomi was left alone with her two sons,

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Literal Standard Version
And Elimelech husband of Naomi dies, and she is left, she and her two sons;

Majority Standard Bible
Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,

New American Bible
Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.

NET Bible
Sometime later Naomi's husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone.

New Revised Standard Version
But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.

New Heart English Bible
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 with her two sons.

Young's Literal Translation
And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Naomi Becomes a Widow
2The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there. 3Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons, 4who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,…

Cross References
Ruth 1:2
The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

Ruth 1:4
who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,


Treasury of Scripture

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

and she was

2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Hebrews 12:6,10,11
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth…

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Ruth 1
1. Elimelech, driven by famine into Moab, dies there
4. Mahlon and Chilion, having married wives of Moab, die also
6. Naomi, returning homeward
8. dissuades her two daughters-in-law from going with her
14. Orpah leaves her, but Ruth with great constancy accompanies her
19. The two come to Bethlehem, where they are gladly received














Verses 3-5. - "In these words," says Fuller, "we have two marriages ushered and followed by funerals." Verse 3. - And Elimelech Naomi's husband died. Apparently soon after the settlement of the family. No details, however, are given, as, on the one hand, no blame is attached to the conduct of Elimelech, and as, on the other, the line of biographical interest runs in another direction. And she was left, and her two sons. Not only was the mother her husband's relict; they were all left behind. He had gone somewhither in advance, and they "remained." So the word is frequently rendered.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Naomi’s
נָעֳמִ֑י (nā·‘o·mî)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5281: Naomi -- mother-in-law of Ruth

husband
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

Elimelech
אֱלִימֶ֖לֶךְ (’ĕ·lî·me·leḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 458: Elimelech -- 'God is king', the husband of Naomi

died,
וַיָּ֥מָת (way·yā·māṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

and she
הִ֖יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was left
וַתִּשָּׁאֵ֥ר (wat·tiš·šā·’êr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

with her two
וּשְׁנֵ֥י (ū·šə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

sons,
בָנֶֽיהָ׃ (ḇā·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son


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