Ruth 4:14 (GNV)

Passage

And the women sayd vnto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, and his name shalbe continued in Israel.

Nearby Context

Ruth 4:12 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.

Ruth 4:13 So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in vnto her, the Lord gaue that she conceiued, and bare a sonne.

Ruth 4:14 And the women sayd vnto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, and his name shalbe continued in Israel.

Ruth 4:15 And this shall bring thy life againe, and cherish thine olde age: for thy daughter in lawe which loueth thee, hath borne vnto him, and she is better to thee then seuen sonnes.

Ruth 4:16 And Naomi tooke the childe, and layde it in her lap, and became nource vnto it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "women", "sayd", "vnto", "naomi", "blessed", "lord", "hath", and "left". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "women" and "sayd", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "So Boaz tooke Ruth and she was..." into verse 15's "And this shall bring thy life againe...", so "women" and "sayd" belong inside that flow. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "women" and "sayd" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.