New English Translation
Ruth 4:12
12May your family become like the family of Perez – whom Tamar bore to Judah – through the descendants the Lord gives you by this young woman.”
Ruth 4:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)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 King James Version (NKJV)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.”
Context of Ruth 4:12
10I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.” 11All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem. 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.” 13So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son. 14The village women said to Naomi, “May the Lord be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel!
Read all of Ruth 4Ruth 4:12 word by word
וִיהִ֤י בֵֽיתְךָ֙ כְּבֵ֣ית פֶּ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה תָמָ֖ר לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה מִן־הַזֶּ֗רַע אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְךָ֔ מִן־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And let thy houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of Pharezפֶּ֫רֶץperets · PerezH6557
- whom Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
- bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
- unto Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
- of the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
- which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- shall giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- thee of this young womanנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
Cross-references for Ruth 4:12
- Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:20And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
- Genesis 38:29But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said, “How you have broken out of the womb!” So he was named Perez.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
- Matthew 1:3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
- 1 Samuel 2:20Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, “May the Lord raise up for you descendants from this woman to replace the one that she dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would go to their home.
Commentaries on Ruth 4:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Like 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 Men are ready to seize opportunities for increasing their estates, but few know the value of godliness. Such are the wise men of this world, whom the Lord charges with folly. They attend not to the concerns of their souls, but reject the salvation of Christ, for fear of marring their inheritance. But God did Boaz the honour to bring him into the line of the Messiah, while the kinsman, who was afraid of lessening himself, and marring his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Like Ruth, Tamar was a foreigner. She became the mother of Perez and Zerah, who were ancestors of Judah's descendants.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. let thy house be like the house of Pharez--that is, as honorable and numerous as his. He was the ancestor of the Beth-lehem people, and his family one of the five from which the tribe of Judah sprang.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ruth 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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