# Ruth 4.22

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**Book:** [Ruth](/codex/ruth/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 20. and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21. and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
>
> **22. and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.** (Ruth 4:20-22, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 20. and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon, 21. and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
>
> **22. and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.** (Ruth 4:20-22, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 20. And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, <sup>Salmon: or, Salmah</sup> 21. And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
>
> **22. And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.** (Ruth 4:20-22, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 20. and Amminidab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21. and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
>
> **22. and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.** (Ruth 4:20-22, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** narrator (anonymous)
- **Audience:** Davidic-period Israel
- **Location:** Moab and Bethlehem
- **Time period:** events c. 1100 BC; composed c. 1000-900 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

_No Strong's-tagged lexicon matches found in this passage. (Lexicon coverage is curated, ~159 of the most apologetically-loaded Greek/Hebrew terms.)_

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Gentiles Cannot Be Saved Objection Defeater](/codex/gentiles-cannot-be-saved-objection-defeater/), via [Ruth 4.13-22](/codex/ruth-4-13-22/)

**People:**

- [David](/codex/david/), via [Ruth 4.18-22](/codex/ruth-4-18-22/)

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