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May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001a.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/ruth/4-11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/ruth/4-11.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="//biblehub.com/crossref/">Cross Refs</a> > Ruth 4:11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ruth/4-10.htm" title="Ruth 4:10">◄</a> Ruth 4:11 <a href="../ruth/4-12.htm" title="Ruth 4:12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Context</div><span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>All the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, <i>We are</i> witnesses. May the L<font size="1">ORD</font> make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will give you by this young woman. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And the L<font size="1">ORD</font> enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Then the women said to Naomi, Blessed is the L<font size="1">ORD</font> who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Line of David Began Here</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>and to Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ruth/4-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ruth/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ruth/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/ruth/4.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And all the people that were in the gate and the elders said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that cometh into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and acquire power in Ephratah, and make thyself a name in Bethlehem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ruth/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ruth/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that hath come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ruth/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ruth/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And all the people who are in the gate say -- also the elders -- 'Witnesses! Jehovah make the woman who is coming in unto thy house as Rachel and as Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and do thou virtuously in Ephrathah, and proclaim the Name in Beth-Lehem;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/pink/why_four_gospels/the_gospel_of_matthew.htm">The Gospel of Matthew</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Matthew's Gospel breaks the long silence that followed the ministry of Malachi the last of the Old Testament prophets. This silence extended for four hundred years, and during that time God was hid from Israel's view. Throughout this period there were no angelic manifestations, no prophet spake for Jehovah, and, though the Chosen People were sorely pressed, yet were there no Divine interpositions on their behalf. For four centuries God shut His people up to His written Word. Again and again had God <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/pink/why_four_gospels/the_gospel_of_matthew.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Arthur W. Pink—</span><span class="citation2">Why Four Gospels?</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/8_christ_the_redeemer.htm">Christ the Redeemer</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Q-xxx: HOW DOES THE SPIRIT APPLY TO US THE REDEMPTION PURCHASED BY CHRIST? A: The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling. In this answer there are two things. It is implied that Christ is the glorious purchaser of our redemption, in the words, The redemption purchased by Christ,' and it is declared that the Spirit applies to us this purchased redemption, by working in us faith, &c. The thing implied <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/8_christ_the_redeemer.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ix_list_of_old.htm">Appendix ix. List of Old Testament Passages Messianically Applied in Ancient Rabbinic Writings</a><br></span><span class="snippet">THE following list contains the passages in the Old Testament applied to the Messiah or to Messianic times in the most ancient Jewish writings. They amount in all to 456, thus distributed: 75 from the Pentateuch, 243 from the Prophets, and 138 from the Hagiorgrapha, and supported by more than 558 separate quotations from Rabbinic writings. Despite all labour care, it can scarcely be hoped that the list is quite complete, although, it is hoped, no important passage has been omitted. The Rabbinic references <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/appendix_ix_list_of_old.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxix_jobs_faith_and.htm">Job's Faith and Expectation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand in the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. C hristianity, that is, the religion of which MESSIAH is the author and object, the foundation, life, and glory, though not altogether as old as creation, is nearly so. It is coeval [contemporary] with the first promise and intimation of mercy given to fallen man. When Adam, by transgression, had violated the order and law of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah_vol_2/sermon_xxxix_jobs_faith_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Newton—</span><span class="citation2">Messiah Vol. 2</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/ruth.htm">Ruth</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Goethe has characterized the book of Ruth as the loveliest little idyll that tradition has transmitted to us. Whatever be its didactic purpose--and some would prefer to think that it had little or none-it is, at any rate, a wonderful prose poem, sweet, artless, and persuasive, touched with the quaintness of an older world and fresh with the scent of the harvest fields. The love--stronger than country--of Ruth for Naomi, the gracious figure of Boaz as he moves about the fields with a word of blessing <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/ruth.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ruth/4-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 4:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 4:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ruth/4-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 4:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 4:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/ruth/4-11.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>