Ruth 4:8
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
Ruth 4:8 in other translations
| BSB | So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.” |
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| WEB | So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal. |
| ASV | So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe. |
| YLT | And the redeemer saith to Boaz, ‘Buy it for thyself,' and draweth off his sandal. |
| DARBY | And he that had the right of redemption said to Boaz, Buy for thyself; and he drew off his sandal. |
| BBE | So the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took off his shoe. |
| Webster | Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thyself. So he drew off his shoe. |
What does Ruth 4:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ruth 4:7-8
7-8. 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.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ruth 4:1-8
This matter depended on the laws given by Moses about inheritances, and doubtless the whole was settled in the regular and legal manner. This kinsman, when he heard the conditions of the bargain, refused it. In like manner many are shy of the great redemption; they are not willing to espouse religion; they have heard well of it, and have nothing to say against it; they will give it their good word, but they are…
Ruth 4:8 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Ruth 4:7
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
- Ruth 4:8
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
- Ruth 4:9
And 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.
Ruth 4:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces el pariente dijo á Booz: Tómalo tú. Y descalzó su zapato. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et celui qui avait le droit de rachat dit à Boaz: Achète pour toi; et il ôta sa sandale. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Blutsverwandte sprach zu Boas: Kaufe für dich! Und er zog seinen Schuh aus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dixit ergo propinquo suo Booz: Tolle calceamentum tuum. Quod statim solvit de pede suo. |