Ruth 4:4
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.
KJV
quod audire te volui, et tibi dicere coram cunctis sedentibus, et majoribus natu de populo meo. Si vis possidere jure propinquitatis, eme, et posside : sin autem displicet tibi, hoc ipsum indica mihi, ut sciam quid facere debeam : nullus enim est propinquus, excepto te, qui prior es, et me, qui secundus sum. At ille respondit : Ego agrum emam.
Vulgate
κἀγὼ εἶπα Ἀποκαλύψω τὸ οὖς σου λέγων Κτῆσαι ἐναντίον τῶν καθημένων καὶ ἐναντίον τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ μου· εἰ ἀγχιστεύεις, ἀγχίστευε· εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀγχιστεύεις, ἀνάγγειλόν μοι, καὶ γνώσομαι ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν παρὲξ σοῦ τοῦ ἀγχιστεῦσαι, κἀγώ εἰμι μετὰ σέ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι ἀγχιστεῦσαι, κἀγώ εἰμι μετὰ σέ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι ἀγχιστεύσω.
LXX
and I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying, Buy it before them that sit here, 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 besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
ASV
וַ/אֲנִ֨י אָמַ֜רְתִּי אֶגְלֶ֧ה אָזְנְ/ךָ֣ לֵ/אמֹ֗ר קְ֠נֵה נֶ֥גֶד הַֽ/יֹּשְׁבִים֮ וְ/נֶ֣גֶד זִקְנֵ֣י עַמִּ/י֒ אִם תִּגְאַל֙ גְּאָ֔ל וְ/אִם לֹ֨א יִגְאַ֜ל הַגִּ֣ידָ/ה לִּ֗/י ו/אדע וְ/אֵֽדְעָה֙ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין זוּלָֽתְ/ךָ֙ לִ/גְא֔וֹל וְ/אָנֹכִ֖י אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אָנֹכִ֥י אֶגְאָֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 8:21 — Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
- Jer 32:7 — Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
- Lev 25:25 — If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.