Ruth 4:16
World English Bible (WEB)
Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
In context
14 The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.
15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
16 Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
17 The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
18 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
Ruth 4:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
- KJV King James Version
- And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse.