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Ruth 4:15 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Ruth 4:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ruth chapter 4 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. a nourisher of: Heb. to nourish thine: Heb. thy gray hairs”
Ruth 4:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Ruth 4:15
Ruth's value declared: 'And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age'. The women prophesy that the child will restore Naomi's vitality and provide for her in old age—promises that David's eventual care for his family would fulfill. Then the remarkable statement: 'For thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him'. This extraordinary declaration values Ruth above the hypothetically perfect family (seven sons representing completeness). The women recognize Ruth's chesed (covenant love) as surpassing biological...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ruth 4:15
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“and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.”
“and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made”
“you”
“It has fully been shown me”
“his brothers”
“but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
“Hannah”
“Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;,And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:, וַתֹּאמֶר רוּת אַל־תִּפְגְּעִי־בִי לְעָזְבֵךְ לָשׁוּב מֵאַחֲרָיִךְ כִּי אֶל־אֲשֶׁר תֵּלְכִי אֵלֵךְ וּבַאֲשֶׁר תָּלִינִי אָלִין עַמֵּךְ עַמִּי וֵאלֹהַיִךְ אֱלֹהָי׃ ,And Ruth said: ‘Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;,εἶπεν δὲ ρουθ μὴ ἀπαντήσαι ἐμοὶ τοῦ καταλιπεῖν σε ἢ ἀποστρέψαι ὄπισθέν σου ὅτι σὺ ὅπου ἐὰν πορευθῇς πορεύσομαι καὶ οὗ ἐὰν αὐλισθῇς αὐλισθήσομαι ὁ λαός σου λαός μου καὶ ὁ θεός σου θεός μου,And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.,,,,”