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.”
Ruth 4:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse. American Standard Version (1901) And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. Common English Bible Naomi took the child and held him to her breast, and she became his guardian. Catholic Public Domain Version And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it. |
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.”
The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed; he became the father of Jesse, the father of David.