Ruth 4:11
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the Lord make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
Note do thou…: or, get thee riches, or, power
Note be famous: Heb. proclaim thy name
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the Lord
- Genesis 24:60; Psalm 127:3–5; Psalm 128:3–6
- Rachel
- Genesis 29:32–35; Genesis 30:1–24; Genesis 35:16–20; Genesis 46:8–27; Numbers 26:1–65
- build
- Deuteronomy 25:9; Proverbs 14:1
- do thou worthily
- or, get thee riches, or power. Ephratah.
- Ruth 1:2; Genesis 35:16, 19; Psalm 132:6; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:6