King James Version · full chapter
Ruth 4
22 verses · King James Version
- 1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.Compare translations of Ruth 4:1
- 2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.Compare translations of Ruth 4:2
- 3And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which our brother Elimelech’s:Compare translations of Ruth 4:3
- 4And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem redeem but if thou wilt not redeem tell me, that I may know: for none to redeem beside thee; and I after thee. And he said, I will redeemCompare translations of Ruth 4:4
- 5Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.Compare translations of Ruth 4:5
- 6And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.Compare translations of Ruth 4:6
- 7Now this in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave to his neighbour: and this a testimony in Israel.Compare translations of Ruth 4:7
- 8Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy for thee. So he drew off his shoe.Compare translations of Ruth 4:8
- 9And Boaz said unto the elders, and all the people, Ye witnesses this day, that I have bought all that Elimelech’s, and all that Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.Compare translations of Ruth 4:9
- 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 witnesses this day.Compare translations of Ruth 4:10
- 11And all the people that in the gate, and the elders, said, witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:Compare translations of Ruth 4:11
- 12And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.Compare translations of Ruth 4:12
- 13So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.Compare translations of Ruth 4:13
- 14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.Compare translations of Ruth 4:14
- 15And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.Compare translations of Ruth 4:15
- 16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.Compare translations of Ruth 4:16
- 17And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he the father of Jesse, the father of David.Compare translations of Ruth 4:17
- 18Now these the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,Compare translations of Ruth 4:18
- 19And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,Compare translations of Ruth 4:19
- 20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,Compare translations of Ruth 4:20
- 21And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,Compare translations of Ruth 4:21
- 22And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.Compare translations of Ruth 4:22