KJV King James 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.
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Ruth 4:17
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Ruth 4
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 born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 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.
18 Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
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וַתִּקְרֶאנָה֩H7121 · qa.rato call: call toל֨וֹH9033 · ohimהַשְּׁכֵנ֥וֹתH7934 · sha.khenneighboringשֵׁם֙H8034 · shemnameלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayיֻלַּד־H3205 · ya.ladto begetבֵּ֖ןH1121 · benson: childלְנָעֳמִ֑יH5281 · no.o.miNaomiוַתִּקְרֶ֤אנָֽהH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמוֹ֙H8034 · shemnameעוֹבֵ֔דH5744 · o.vedObedה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itאֲבִי־H1 · avfatherיִשַׁ֖יH3448 · yi.shayJesseאֲבִ֥יH1 · avfatherדָוִֽד׃ פH1732 · da.vidDavid
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