路得记 4:15

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他必甦醒你的生命，養你的老，因為他是愛你的媳婦所生的；有她比有七個兒子更好。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 必 提 起 你 的 精 神 ， 奉 养 你 的 老 ， 因 为 是 爱 慕 你 的 那 儿 妇 所 生 的 。 有 这 儿 妇 比 有 七 个 儿 子 还 好 ！

Contextual Overview

¹³ So Boaz took Ruth home as his wife and had sexual relations with her. The Lord let her become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son. ¹⁴ The women told Naomi, "Praise the Lord who gave you this grandson. May he become famous in Israel. ¹⁵ He will give you new life and will take care of you in your old age because of your daughter-in-law who loves you. She is better for you than seven sons, because she has given birth to your grandson." ¹⁶ Naomi took the boy, held him in her arms, and cared for him. ¹⁷ The neighbors gave the boy his name, saying, "This boy was born for Naomi." They named him Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David. ¹⁸ This is the family history of Perez, the father of Hezron. ¹⁹ Hezron was the father of Ram, who was the father of Amminadab. ²⁰ Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, who was the father of Salmon. ²¹ Salmon was the father of Boaz, who was the father of Obed. ²² Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a nourisher: etc. Heb. to nourish thy grey hairs, Genesis 45:11, Genesis 47:12, Psalms 55:22, Isaiah 46:4

for thy: Ruth 1:16-18

better: 1 Samuel 1:8, Proverbs 18:24

Reciprocal: Ruth 4:17 - Obed

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."

Leviticus 26:18
"‘If after all this you still do not obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21
"‘If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder. The more you sin, the more you will be punished.

Leviticus 26:24
I will also turn against you. I will punish you seven more times for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28
I will show my great anger; I will punish you seven more times for your sins.

1 Kings 16:7
The Lord spoke his word against Baasha and his family through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. Baasha had done many things the Lord said were wrong, which made the Lord very angry. He did the same evil deeds that Jeroboam's family had done before him. The Lord also spoke against Baasha because he killed all of Jeroboam's family.

Psalms 59:11
Lord, our protector, do not kill them, or my people will forget. With your power scatter them and defeat them.

Psalms 79:12
Repay those around us seven times over for their insults to you, Lord.

Proverbs 6:31
But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, and it may cost him everything he owns.

Ezekiel 9:4
He said to the man, "Go through Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and cry about all the hateful things being done among them."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life,.... Of the joys, pleasures, and comforts of it, which she had been deprived of through the death of her husband and her two sons, ever since which she had lived a sorrowful life; all the comfort she had was from her daughter-in-law, and now a grandchild being born to her of her would be a means of restoring comfort to her mourning sorrowful spirit, and give her pleasure in those years in which she did not expect any:

and a nourisher of thine old age; that would when grown up feed her, support her, and supply her with all necessaries of life, being heir to a large and rich estate:

for thy daughter in law which loveth thee; Ruth the wife of Boaz, who had shown her love, in leaving her own country and kindred, to come along with her into a strange land, and who had laboured for her support in it, and still retained the same affection for her:

which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him: either which had been so in the time of her widowhood, as the Targum; or rather which was so now, being the wife of so rich a person, and having now brought forth a son, heir to the estate, who would be more capable of doing for her than if she had seven sons living, having no other than their paternal estate.