Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
WEB
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
YLT
And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;
DBT
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentRuth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel
- Date
- Events in the days of the judges (1:1); compilation likely in the Davidic period (given the closing genealogy)