Ruth 4:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, 'A son has been born to Naomi!' So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the women her neighbors{H7934} gave{H7121} it a name,{H8034} saying,{H559} There is a son{H1121} born{H3205} to Naomi;{H5281} and they called{H7121} his name{H8034} Obed:{H5744} he is the father{H1} of Jesse,{H3448} the father{H1} of David.{H1732}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the women her neighbours{H7934} gave{H7121}{(H8799)} it a name{H8034}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, There is a son{H1121} born{H3205}{(H8795)} to Naomi{H5281}; and they called{H7121}{(H8799)} his name{H8034} Obed{H5744}: he is the father{H1} of Jesse{H3448}, the father{H1} of David{H1732}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and hir neghbours gaue him a name & sayde: There is a childe borne vnto Naemi, and they called his name Obed. The same is the father of Isai, which is ye father of Dauid.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a childe borne to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obed: the same was the father of Ishai, the father of Dauid.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the women her neyghbours gaue it a name, saying: There is a child borne to Naomi, & called it Obed: the same is the father of Isai, the father of Dauid.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The women her neighbors gave it 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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!

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:58-63 : 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her. 59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. 60 But his mother responded, 'No! He will be called John.' 61 They said to her, 'None of your relatives has that name.' 62 So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they were all amazed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    6 verses
    82%

    11 All the people who were at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.'

    12 May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.

    13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. When he went to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.

    14 The women said to Naomi, 'Praise the Lord, who has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer today. May his name become famous in Israel!'

    15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.

    16 Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became his nurse.

  • Ruth 4:21-22
    2 verses
    82%

    21 Salmon fathered Boaz, and Boaz fathered Obed,

    22 Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

  • 1 Chr 2:11-14
    4 verses
    80%

    11 Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.

    12 Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

    13 Jesse fathered his firstborn, Eliab; Abinadab, the second; and Shimea, the third;

    14 Nethanel, the fourth; Raddai, the fifth;

  • Matt 1:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab; Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth; Obed was the father of Jesse.

    6 Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah.

  • 1 Chr 2:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37 Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.

    38 Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.

  • Luke 3:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

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  • Ruth 4:18
    72%

    18 Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron,

  • Ruth 1:19
    71%

    19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?"

  • Ruth 1:1-4
    4 verses
    71%

    1 During the time when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah left to live temporarily in the fields of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.

    2 The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They came to the fields of Moab and settled there.

    3 Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons.

    4 These sons married Moabite women. One was named Orpah, and the other was named Ruth. They lived there about ten years.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    70%

    12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time, he was old and advanced in years.

  • 1 Chr 26:4
    70%

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  • Ruth 2:1
    70%

    1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, a prominent and wealthy man of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.

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    2 verses
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  • 2 Kgs 4:17
    68%

    17 But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the appointed time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.

  • Ruth 2:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19 Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you." Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose field she had worked. She said, "The man's name I worked with today is Boaz."

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    2 verses
    68%

    11 But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands?

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  • Ruth 1:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6 Naomi arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the fields of Moab because she had heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food.

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  • Ruth 1:9
    67%

    9 May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband." She kissed them goodbye, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

  • Ruth 3:1
    67%

    1 Then Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, 'My daughter, should I not seek a home for you where you will be well taken care of?'

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    67%

    17 One of them said, 'My lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was there with me.'

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    66%

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    2 verses
    66%

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    66%

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  • Ruth 4:3
    66%

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  • Ruth 2:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

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    66%

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