Ruth 4 · Verse 12

Ruth 4:12

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.
Ruth 4:12, King James Version

Ruth 4:12 in other translations

BSBAnd may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
WEBLet your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
ASVand let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.
YLTand let thy house be as the house of Pharez (whom Tamar bare to Judah), of the seed which Jehovah doth give to thee of this young woman.'
DARBYand let thy house become like the house of Pherez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman.
BBEMay your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.
WebsterAnd let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

What does Ruth 4:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Like 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ruth 4:9-12

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…

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Ruth 4:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וִיהִ֤יvi.Hiso may it beH1961
בֵֽיתְךָ֙vei.te.Khahousehold yourH1004
כְּבֵ֣יתke.Veitlike [the] household ofH1004
פֶּ֔רֶץPe.retzPerezH6557
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
יָלְדָ֥הYal.dahshe boreH3205
תָמָ֖רta.MarTamarH8559
לִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.Dahto JudahH3063
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַזֶּ֗רַעha.Ze.ra'the offspringH2233
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
יִתֵּ֤ןyi.Tenhe will giveH5414
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לְךָ֔le.Khato <the> you
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הha.na.'a.Rahthe young womanH5291
הַזֹּֽאת\׃ha.Zot<the> thisH2063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ruth 4:12

  • Genesis 38:29

    And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:4

    And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • 1 Samuel 2:20

    And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.

  • Genesis 46:12

    And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Matthew 1:3

    And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

  • Ruth 4:18

    Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

  • Numbers 26:20-22

    And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the house.
Ge 46:12; Nu 26:20-22
whom.
Ge 38:29; 1Ch 2:4; Mt 1:3
of the seed.
1Sa 2:20

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Context

  • Ruth 4:11

    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:

  • Ruth 4:12

    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.

  • Ruth 4:13

    So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.

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Ruth 4:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y de la simiente que Jehová te diere de aquesta moza, sea tu casa como la casa de Phares, al que parió Thamar á Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et que, de la postérité que l’ Éternel te donnera de cette jeune femme, ta maison soit comme la maison de Pérets, que Tamar enfanta à Juda!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und von dem Samen, den Jehova dir von diesem jungen Weibe geben wird, werde dein Haus wie das Haus des Perez, welchen Tamar dem Juda geboren hat!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		fiatque domus tua sicut domus Phares, quem Thamar peperit Judæ, de semine quod tibi dederit Dominus ex hac puella.