Ruth 4:15

So shall he become a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age,—for, thy daughter-in-law who loveth thee, hath borne him, even, she, who is better to thee than seven sons.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14Then said the women unto Naomi, Blessed, be Yahweh! who hath not let thee fail of a kinsman to-day,—and may his name, be proclaimed, in Israel;

16So Naomi took the boy, and laid him in her bosom, and she became his nurse.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:11so will I sustain thee, there, for there are yet five years of famine,—lest thou come to poverty—thou and thy house and all who are thine.

Ruth 1:16And Ruth said—Do not urge me to leave thee, to go back from following thee,—for, whither thou goest, I will go, and, where thou lodgest, I will lodge, thy people, shall be my people, and, thy God, my God;

1 Samuel 1:8So Elkanah her husband said to her—Hannah! wherefore shouldst thou weep? and wherefore wilt thou not eat? and wherefore should thy heart be sad? Am, I, not better to thee, than ten sons?

Proverbs 18:24A man having [many] friends, shall come to ruin, but there is a loving one, who sticketh closer than a brother.

Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:14-22

The Pedigree of David; Naomi Comforted in Her Grandson. ( b. c. 1312.) 13 So 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. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord , which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 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… Read the whole commentary →

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