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

6And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it . 7Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for confirming all things; a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thyself. So he drew off his shoe. 9And Boaz said to the elders, and to 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. 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 4:8 word by word

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

• kinsmanגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Boazבֹּ֫עַזbô‛az · BoazH1162
• Buyקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• offשָׁלַףshâlaph · to drawH8025
• 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