NET Bible
"He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!”"
— Ruth 4:15, NET Bible
“And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy 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 born him.”
“And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. ”
“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 borne him."”
“And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.”
“He will be a giver of new life to you, and your comforter when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who, in her love for you, is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
“And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy 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 born him.”
May your family become like the family of Perez– whom Tamar bore to Judah– through the descendants the LORD gives you by this young woman.”
A Grandson is Born to Naomi So Boaz married Ruth and slept with her. The LORD enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son.
The village women said to Naomi,“May the LORD be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel!
He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!”
Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.
The neighbor women named him, saying,“A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse– David’s father!
Epilogue: Obed in the Genealogy of David These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,