13So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.


In Context

10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon's widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from the town records. Today you are witnesses!"

11 Then the elders and all those at the gate said, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah."

13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

14 The women said to Naomi: "Praise be to the Lord , who this day has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!

15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in- law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth."

Ruth 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare a son.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13So 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son.