I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.’
Ruth 4:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher and supporter in your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him. American Standard Version (1901) And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. Common English Bible He will restore your life and sustain you in your old age. Your daughter-in-law who loves you has given birth to him. She’s better for you than seven sons.” Catholic Public Domain Version And now you may have someone to comfort your soul and to care for you in old age, for he is born of your daughter-in-law, who loves you, and this is much better for you, than if you had seven sons." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter-in-law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. |
I will provide for you there, since there are five more years of famine to come, so that you and your household and all that you have will not come to poverty.’
And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Some friends play at friendship, but a true friend sticks closer than one’s sibling.
even to your old age I am he; even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse.
Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are fat with spoil. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.