American Standard Version
Ruth 4:10
10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Ruth 4:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
- New International Version (NIV)I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.”
Context of Ruth 4:10
8So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe. 9And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi. Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem: 12and 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.
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וְגַ֣ם אֶת־ר֣וּת הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה֩ אֵ֨שֶׁת מַחְל֜וֹן קָנִ֧יתִי לִ֣י לְאִשָּׁ֗ה לְהָקִ֤ים שֵׁם־הַמֵּת֙ עַל־נַ֣חֲלָת֔וֹ וְלֹא־יִכָּרֵ֧ת שֵׁם־הַמֵּ֛ת מֵעִ֥ם אֶחָ֖יו וּמִשַּׁ֣עַר מְקוֹמ֑וֹ עֵדִ֥ים אַתֶּ֖ם הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
- Ruthרוּתrûth · RuthH7327
- wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- Mahlonמַחְלוֹןmachlôn · MahlonH4248
- raiseקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
- nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
- inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
- placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- witnessesעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
- dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117
Cross-references for Ruth 4:10
- Genesis 29:18And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- Proverbs 18:22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
- Proverbs 19:14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
- Proverbs 31:10A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
- Hosea 3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;
- Hosea 12:12And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
- Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
- Deuteronomy 25:6And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
- Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
- Psalms 34:16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
- Psalms 109:15Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
- Isaiah 48:19thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof: his name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
- Zechariah 13:2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
- Isaiah 8:2and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
- Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
- Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Commentaries on Ruth 4:10
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-12Verses 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 himself, and marring his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Moreover: Boaz planned to have a child for Mahlon, the first son. This child would continue the family name of her deceased husband and inherit his land.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Ruth the Moabitess ... have I purchased to be my wife--This connection Boaz not only might form, since Ruth had embraced the true religion, but he was under a legal necessity of forming it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ruth 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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