KJV King James Version
Then 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ruth 4:1
Then 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
WEB World English Bible
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He turned aside, and sat down.
ASV American Standard Version
Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, ‘Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;’ and he turneth aside and sitteth down.
Surrounding context — Ruth 4
1 Then 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.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which [was] our brother Elimelech’s:
4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy [it] before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem [it], redeem [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem [it, then] tell me, that I may know: for [there is] none to redeem [it] beside thee; and I [am] after thee. And he said, I will redeem [it].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבֹ֨עַזH1162 · bo.azBoazעָלָ֣הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseהַשַּׁעַר֮H8179 · sha.argateוַיֵּ֣שֶׁבH3427 · ya.shavto dwellשָׁם֒H8033 · shamthereוְהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdהַגֹּאֵ֤לH1350 · ga.alto redeem: redeemעֹבֵר֙H5674 · a.varto passאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּר־H1696 · da.varto speak: speakבֹּ֔עַזH1162 · bo.azBoazוַיֹּ֛אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayס֥וּרָהH5493 · surto turn aside: removeשְׁבָה־H3427 · ya.shavto dwellפֹּ֖הH6311 · pohhereפְּלֹנִ֣יH6423 · pe.lo.nisomeoneאַלְמֹנִ֑יH492 · al.mo.nisomeoneוַיָּ֖סַרH5493 · surto turn aside: removeוַיֵּשֵֽׁב׃H3427 · ya.shavto dwell
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 25:7And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.Ruth 3:12And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.Deuteronomy 21:19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;Amos 5:15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.Amos 5:10-12They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.Job 29:7When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.Deuteronomy 17:5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.Zechariah 2:6Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
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