Ruth 4:16

Ruth chapter 4 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.15And 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.

v.16This passage

v.17And the women her neighbors 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.