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


In Context

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."

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

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

18 This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,

19 Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab,

Ruth 4:17 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation 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 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.