Ruth 4:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ “And he shall be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has 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."

Ruth 4:15 Cross References

Genesis 45:11

“And I shall provide for you there, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty, because five years of scarcity of food are still to come.” ’

Genesis 47:12

And Yosĕ

Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden on יהוה, And let Him sustain you; He never allows the righteous to be shaken.

Proverbs 18:24

A man of many friends might come to ruin, But there is a Loving One Who sticks closer than a brother!

Isaiah 46:4

even to your old age, I am He, and even to grey hairs I carry! I have made and I bear, and I carry and rescue.

Ruth 4:16

And Naʽ

1 Samuel 1:8

And her husband Elqanah said to her, “Ḥ

1 Samuel 2:5

“The satisfied have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children pines away.