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New Living Translation

Ruth 4:12

And may the Lord give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   Heir;   Inheritance;   Ruth;   Tamar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gate;   Marriage;   Names;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Widow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elder;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Pharez;   Ruth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Perez;   Ruth (Book of);   Sabbatical Year;   Tamar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elders;   Gate;   Phares, Pharez ;   Tamar ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kinsman;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - House;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Bride;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blessing of Children;   Judah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for June 13;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May your house become like the house of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
Hebrew Names Version
and let your house be like the house of Peretz, whom Tamar bore to Yehudah, of the seed which the LORD shall give you of this young woman.
King James Version
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
Lexham English Bible
And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah from the offspring that Yahweh will give to you from this young woman."
English Standard Version
and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman."
New Century Version
As Tamar gave birth to Judah's son Perez, may the Lord give you many children through Ruth. May your family be great like his."
New English Translation
May your family become like the family of Perez—whom Tamar bore to Judah—through the descendants the Lord gives you by this young woman."
Amplified Bible
"Further, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman."
New American Standard Bible
"Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the descendants whom the LORD will give you by this young woman."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And that thine house be like the house of Pharez ( whom Thamar bare vnto Iudah) of the seede which the Lord shall giue thee of this yong woman.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the seed which Yahweh will grant you by this young woman."
Contemporary English Version
May the children you have by this young woman make your family as famous as the family of Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.
Complete Jewish Bible
May your house, because of the seed Adonai will give you from this young woman, become like the house of Peretz, whom Tamar bore to Y'hudah."
Darby Translation
and let thy house become like the house of Pherez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.
Easy-to-Read Version
May the Lord bless you with many children through Ruth. May your family become great like the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore for Judah."
George Lamsa Translation
And let your house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, and may the LORD give you an offspring from this woman.
Good News Translation
May the children that the Lord will give you by this young woman make your family like the family of Perez, the son of Judah and Tamar."
Literal Translation
And let your house be as the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the Seed which Jehovah shall give to you of this young woman.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And thy house be as ye house of Phares ( who Thamar bare vnto Iuda) thorow the sede, that the LORDE shall geue the of this damsell.
American Standard Version
and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.
Bible in Basic English
May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thy house be like the house of Pharez (whom Thamar bare vnto Iuda) eue of the seede whiche the Lord shall geue thee of this young woman.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.'
King James Version (1611)
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, ( whom Tamar bare vnto to Iudah) of the seed which the Lord shall giue thee of this yong woman.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And let thy house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this handmaid.
English Revised Version
and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
Berean Standard Bible
And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thin hows be maad as the hows of Fares, whom Thamar childide to Judas, of the seed which the Lord schal yyue to thee of this damesel.
Young's Literal Translation
and let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.'
Update Bible Version
and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman.
Webster's Bible Translation
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
World English Bible
and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman.
New King James Version
May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you from this young woman."
New Life Bible
May your house be like the house of Perez, the son of Judah and Tamar, because of the children the Lord will give you by this young woman."
New Revised Standard
and, through the children that the Lord will give you by this young woman, may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare to Judah, - of the seed which - may Yahweh give thee, of this young woman.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
Revised Standard Version
and may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the children that the LORD will give you by this young woman."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman."

Contextual Overview

9 Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, "You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon. 10 And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today." 11 Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, "We are witnesses! May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 And may the Lord give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the house: Genesis 46:12, Numbers 26:20-22

whom: Genesis 38:29, 1 Chronicles 2:4, Matthew 1:3

of the seed: 1 Samuel 2:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:60 - they Genesis 48:19 - become Genesis 48:20 - Israel bless Ruth 4:13 - the Lord Zechariah 8:13 - ye shall Luke 3:33 - Phares

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord .
Genesis 4:4
Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 4:14
You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!"
Genesis 4:17
Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
Genesis 4:18
Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
One day Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; listen to me, you wives of Lamech. I have killed a man who attacked me, a young man who wounded me.
Genesis 4:24
If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!"
Leviticus 26:20
All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
"And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall even when no one pursues you.
Psalms 109:10
May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah,.... Of whose tribe the Bethlehemites were, and were also of the house or family of Pharez, as appears from Ruth 4:18, c. who was born to Judah of Tamar, one of another nation, as Ruth was, and from whom sprung a very numerous family, one of the five families of Judah and they wish that the family of Boaz, by Ruth, might be as numerous; and if Boaz was the same with Ibzan, as the Jews say, though that wants proof, he had a very numerous offspring, thirty sons and thirty daughters, Judges 12:8

of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman; by which it is plain Ruth was present, for they do, as it were, point to her, and that she was a young woman, though a widow: the Jews say she was forty years of age, as observed in Ruth 3:10 and the elders wish and pray he might have a numerous family of the children the Lord would give him by her; and this might be the rather expected of her, as being a young woman, yet only as the gift of God, as children are, Psalms 127:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 4:12. Like the house of Pharez — This was very appropriate; for from Pharez, the son of Judah, by Tamar, came the family of the Beth-lehemites and that of Elimelech.


 
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