Add parallel Print Page Options

But Elimelech the husband of Naomi died and she was left behind with her two sons.[a] And they took[b] for themselves Moabite wives. The name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other was Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. But both[c] Mahlon and Kilion died, and the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ruth 1:3 Literally “she and her two sons”
  2. Ruth 1:4 Literally “they lifted up”
  3. Ruth 1:5 Literally “the two of them”

Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women,(A) one named Orpah and the other Ruth.(B) After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion(C) also died,(D) and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Read full chapter