Ruth 4:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

More versions

King 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.

Ruth 4:16 Cross References

Ruth 4:15

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of 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 borne him.

Ruth 4:17

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.