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


In Context

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman, and let his name be famous in Israel.

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.

16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto 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 Perez: Perez begat Hezron;

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a 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.