Ruth 4:10

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 kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then took off his shoe. 9Boaz announced to the elders and all the people: “You are witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his town. You are witnesses today.” 11All the people at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May Adonai make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, who both built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrath and be renowned in Bethlehem. 12May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the seed that Adonai will give you by this young woman.”

Ruth 4:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover Ruthרוּתrûth · RuthH7327
• the Moabitessמוֹאָבִיmô'âbîy mô'âbîyâh mô'âbîyth · MoabiteH4125
• the wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• of Mahlonמַחְלוֹןmachlôn · MahlonH4248
• have I purchasedקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• to raise upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• upon his inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• be not cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from amongמֵעִם‛im · from withH5973
• his brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• and from the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of his placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• witnessesעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Ruth 4:10

• Genesis 29:18Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, “Let me serve you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”
• Proverbs 18:22Whoever finds a wife finds good, and receives favor from Adonai.
• Proverbs 19:14House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Adonai.
• Proverbs 31:10An accomplished woman who can find? Her value is far beyond rubies.
• Hosea 3:2So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and an omer and a half of barley.
• Hosea 12:12Since Gilead is full of iniquity, they are utterly worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls— even their altars will become heaps of rocks along the furrows of My field.”
• Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives just as Messiah also loved His community and gave Himself up for her
• Deuteronomy 25:6Now the firstborn that she bears is to carry on the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.
• Joshua 7:9For when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land hear of it, they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great Name?”
• Psalms 34:16The eyes of Adonai are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their cry.
• Psalms 109:15Let their sins be before Adonai continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
• Isaiah 48:19Your seed would have been like sand, and your offspring like its grains. Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before Me.”
• Zechariah 13:2It will happen in that day”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“that I will erase the names of the idols from the land and they will no longer be remembered. Furthermore, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Isaiah 8:2So I took for myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the kohen and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
• Malachi 2:14Yet you say, “Why?” Because Adonai bears witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have treated deceitfully. Yet she had been your companion and your wife by covenant.
• Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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

Topics related to Ruth 4:10

• Covenant
• Government
• Heir
• Inheritance
• Land
• Mahlon
• Marriage
• Redemption
• Ruth
• Wife
• Witness

In the dictionaries

• Ruth
• Advertise
• Boaz
• Levirate Law
• Mahlon
• Marriage
• Orpah
• Raise
• Agrarian Laws
• Chilion

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