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Boaz Marries Ruth

Ruth 4:16

In 11 translations

BSB
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
KJV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
WEB
Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
ASV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
LSV
And Naomi takes the boy, and lays him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;
YLT
And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;
DBY
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
DRC
And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.
GNV
And Naomi tooke the childe, and layde it in her lap, and became nource vnto it.
JPS
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
LXXE
And Noemin took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתִּקַּ֨ח נָעֳמִ֤י אֶת־הַיֶּ֨לֶד֙ וַתְּשִׁתֵ֣הוּ בְחֵיקָ֔הּ וַתְּהִי־ל֖וֹ לְאֹמֶֽנֶת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔλαβε Νωεμὶν τὸ παιδίον, καὶ ἔθηκεν εἰς τὸν κόλπον αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ εἰς τιθηνόν.

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