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 closest relative said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, because I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself; you may have my right of redemption, for I cannot redeem it.” 7Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning the redemption and the exchange of land to confirm any matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to another; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel. So the closest relative said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” And he removed his sandal. 9Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. 10Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”

Ruth 4:8 word by word

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

• closestגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Boazבֹּ֫עַזbô‛az · BoazH1162
• Buyקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• for yourself.” And he removedשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
• his sandalנַ֫עַלna‛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