Contradiction with Exodus 20:12
Ruth 4:14 celebrates the birth of a child as a blessing, while Exodus 20:12 emphasizes the importance of honoring parents, not specifically children, as a source of blessing.
Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 15:9
Jeremiah speaks of a woman who bears seven and languishes, contrasting with the joyful celebration of birth in Ruth 4:14.
Jeremiah 15:9: She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 4:2-3
Ecclesiastes suggests those who have not been born are better off than the living, contradicting the praise for Naomi's grandson in Ruth 4:14.
Ecclesiastes 4:2-3: Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Contradiction with Job 3:11
Job laments not dying at birth, opposing the joy of childbirth expressed in Ruth 4:14.
Job 3:11: Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Contradiction with Isaiah 47:9
Predicts the loss of children as a calamity, whereas Ruth 4:14 views childbirth as a blessing.
Isaiah 47:9: But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.