Ruth 4:15 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Ruth 4:17 And the women her neighbours gaue it a name, saying, There is a childe borne to Naomi, and called the name thereof Obed: the same was the father of Ishai, the father of Dauid.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "bring", "life", "againe", "cherish", "thine", "olde", and "daughter". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "bring", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And the women sayd vnto Naomi Blessed..." into verse 16's "And Naomi tooke the childe and layde...", so "shall" and "bring" 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 "shall" and "bring" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.