16And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.


In Context

13 Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son.

14 And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor, that his name should be preserved in Israel.

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.

16 And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.

17 And 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.

18 These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron,

Ruth 4:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Then Naomi took the child, laid him in her lap and cared for him.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.