5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
5 But then the two brothers, Mahlon and Kilion, died. Now the woman was left without either her young men or her husband.
5 Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died; so the woman survived her two sons and her husband.
5 both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ruth 1:5
Commentary on Ruth 1:1-5
(Read Ruth 1:1-5)
Elimelech's care to provide for his family, was not to be blamed; but his removal into the country of Moab could not be justified. And the removal ended in the wasting of his family. It is folly to think of escaping that cross, which, being laid in our way, we ought to take up. Changing our place seldom is mending it. Those who bring young people into bad acquaintance, and take them out of the way of public ordinances, thought they may think them well-principled, and armed against temptation, know not what will be the end. It does not appear that the women the sons of Elimelech married, were proselyted to the Jewish religion. Earthly trials or enjoyments are of short continuance. Death continually removes those of every age and situation, and mars all our outward comforts: we cannot too strongly prefer those advantages which shall last for ever.