Ruth 4:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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.

Ruth 4:15 Cross References

Genesis 45:11

and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

Psalm 55:22

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, And he shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Proverbs 18:24

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction: But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Isaiah 46:4

and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.

Ruth 4:16

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

1 Samuel 1:8

And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

1 Samuel 2:5

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry have ceased: yea, the barren hath borne seven; and she that hath many children languisheth.