Ruth 4:16

16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him.

Ruth 4:16 in Other Translations

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

16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse.

16 Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own.

16 Naomi took the baby and held him in her arms, cuddling him, cooing over him, waiting on him hand and foot.

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

16 Naomi took the child, held him on her lap, and became his guardian.

16 Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and took care of him.

16 Then Naomi put the child on her lap and took care of him.

Ruth 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom
As a token of her most tender love and affection for it; this it is probable she did quickly after the birth of it:

and became a nurse unto it;
that is, after the mother had suckled and weaned it, then she took it from her, and brought it up.

Ruth 4:16 In-Context

14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!

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

16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him.

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

18 This, then, is the family line of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,