Ruth 4:8

Ruth 4:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
• New International Version (NIV)So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So when the redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," he drew off his sandal.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the close relative said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” So he took off his sandal.

Context of Ruth 4:8

6The redeemer replied, “I can’t redeem it myself, or I will ruin my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I can’t redeem it.” 7At an earlier period in Israel, a man removed his sandal and gave it to the other party in order to make any matter legally binding concerning the right of redemption or the exchange of property. This was the method of legally binding a transaction in Israel. So the redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy back the property yourself.” 9Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon. 10I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name on his property, so that his name will not disappear among his relatives or from the gate of his hometown. You are witnesses today.”

Ruth 4:8 word by word

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר הַגֹּאֵ֛ל לְבֹ֖עַז קְנֵה־לָ֑ךְ וַיִּשְׁלֹ֖ף נַעֲלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore the kinsmanגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Boazבֹּ֫עַזbô‛az · BoazH1162
• Buyקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• for thee. So he drew offשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
• his shoeנַ֫עַלna‛al na‛ălâh · sandalH5275

Commentaries on Ruth 4:8

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. a man plucked off his shoe--Where the kinsman refused to perform his duty to the family of his deceased relation, the widow was directed to pull off the shoe with some attendant circumstances of contemptuous disdain. But, as in this case, there was no refusal, the usual ignominy was spared; and the plucking off the shoe, the only ceremony observed, was a pledge of the transaction being completed.Read the comment

Topics related to Ruth 4:8

• Contracts
• Covenant
• Dowry
• Government
• Heir
• Inheritance
• Land
• Marriage
• Redemption
• Shoe
• Witness
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Boaz
• Advertise
• Goel
• Raise
• Agrarian Laws
• Buying
• Foot
• Kinsman; Kinswoman
• Naomi
• Patrimony

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