Ruth 4:10 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from amongst his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”

BSB

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.

Original Hebrew

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וְגַם ve·gam and also H1571 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 רוּת rut Ruth H7327 הַמֹּאֲבִיָּה ha·mo·'a·vi·yah the Moabite [woman] H4125 אֵשֶׁת 'e·shet [the] wife of H802 מַחְלוֹן mach·lon Mahlon H4248 קָנִיתִי ka·ni·ti I acquire H7069 לִי li for (the) myself H9030 לְאִשָּׁה le·'i·shah to a wife H802 לְהָקִים le·ha·kim to raise up H6965 שֵׁם־ shem- [the] name of H8034 הַמֵּת ha·met the dead [man] H4191 עַל־ 'al- over H5921 נַחֲלָתוֹ na·cha·la·to inheritance his H5159 וְלֹא־ ve·lo'- and not H3808 יִכָּרֵת yi·ka·ret it will be cut off H3772 שֵׁם־ shem- [the] name of H8034 הַמֵּת ha·met the dead [man] H4191 מֵעִם me·'im from with H5973 אֶחָיו 'e·chav brothers his H251 וּמִשַּׁעַר u·mi·sha·'ar and from [the] gate of H8179 מְקוֹמוֹ me·ko·mo place his H4725 עֵדִים 'e·dim [are] witnesses H5707 אַתֶּם 'a·tem you H859 הַיּוֹם hai·yom this day H3117

The early church

See, for instance, what befell Ruth, how like it is to the things which belong to us. For she was both of a strange race, and reduced to the utmost poverty, yet Boaz when he saw her neither despised her poverty nor abhorred her mean birth, as Christ having received the Church, being both an alien and in much poverty, took her to be partaker of the great blessings. But even as Ruth, if she had not before left her father, and renounced household and race, country and kindred, would not have attained unto this alliance; so the Church too, having forsaken the customs which men had received from their fathers, then, and not before, became lovely to the Bridegroom. Of this therefore the prophet discourses unto her, and saith, "Forget thy people, and thy father's house, so shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty."

John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Matthew

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 inheritance, has his name, family, and inheritance forgotten.

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People & places

Ruth Mahlon

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Marriage Wife Witness Mahlon