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Ruth Chapter 4 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
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BBE Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.
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DARBY Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
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KJV Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
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WBT Ruth 4:16

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse.
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WEB Ruth 4:16

Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.
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YLT Ruth 4:16

And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And Naomi took the boy, and placed him in her bosom, and she became his foster-mother. She became his nurse in chief.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Nurse.--The verb (aman) here is that used in Isaiah 49:23, "and kings shall be thy nursing fathers." That ordinarily used for the natural nursing of a woman is different.