17And 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.


In Context

14 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah who hath not left thee this day without one that has the right of redemption, and may his name be famous in Israel!

15 And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law who loves thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has borne him.

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

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.

18 Now these are the generations of Pherez. Pherez begot Hezron,

19 and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab,

Ruth 4:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:17The women living there said, "Naomi has a son." And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And the women her neighbours, congratulating with her and saying: There is a son born to Noemi: called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, |There is a son born to Naomi;| and they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17and the neighbouring women give to him a name, saying, 'There hath been a son born to Naomi,' and they call his name Obed; he is father of Jesse, father of David.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17And 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.