Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And the neighbors will call to him a name, saying, A son was born to Naomi; and they will call his name Obed: he the father of Jesse, the father of David.

New American Standard Bible

The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

King James Version

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Holman Bible

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

International Standard Version

So her women neighbors gave the child a nickname, which is "Naomi has a son!" They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.

A Conservative Version

And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

American Standard Version

And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Amplified

The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son (grandson) has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed (worshiper). He is the father of Jesse, the father of David [the ancestor of Jesus Christ].

Bible in Basic English

And the women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Darby Translation

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

King James 2000

And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." And they called his name Obed. He [was] the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Modern King James verseion

And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And her neighbours gave it a name saying, "There is a child borne to Naomi, and called it Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

NET Bible

The neighbor women named him, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse -- David's father!

New Heart English Bible

The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "There is a son born to Naomi." And they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The Emphasized Bible

And the women, her neighbours, gave him a name, saying, There is born a son to Naomi, - So they called his name Obed, he, was, the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Webster

And the women, her neighbors, gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

World English Bible

The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "There is a son born to Naomi;" and they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the neighbouring women give to him a name, saying, 'There hath been a son born to Naomi,' and they call his name Obed; he is father of Jesse, father of David.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the women her neighbours
שׁכן 
Shaken 
Usage: 20

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

it a name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

to Naomi
נעמי 
No`omiy 
Usage: 21

and they called
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

עובד 
`Owbed 
Usage: 10

he is the father
H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

of Jesse
אישׁי ישׁי 
Yishay 
Usage: 42

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

The Lineage Of King David

16 And Naomi will take the child and put him in her bosom, and she will be to him for nurse. 17 And the neighbors will call to him a name, saying, A son was born to Naomi; and they will call his name Obed: he the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 And these the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,


Cross References

Luke 1:58-63

And they dwelling near and her kinsmen heard, for the Lord magnified his mercy with her; and they rejoiced with her.

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