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


In Context

13 So 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.

14 And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, who hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

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

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

17 And 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.

18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez 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 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 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.