3Now Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.


In Context

1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

2 The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.

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

4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,

5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Ruth 1:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died: and she remained with her sons.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech husband of Naomi dieth, and she is left, she and her two sons;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.