Ruth 4:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Naomi took the child and held him to her breast, and she became his guardian.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

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 4:17

And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed; he was the father of Jesse, the father of David.