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Ruth 4:6

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

KJV

Qui respondit : Cedo juri propinquitatis : neque enim posteritatem familiæ meæ delere debeo : tu meo utere privilegio, quo me libenter carere profiteor.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀγχιστεύς Οὐ δυνήσομαι ἀγχιστεῦσαι ἐμαυτῷ, μή ποτε διαφθείρω τὴν κληρονομίαν μου· ἀγχίστευσον σεαυτῷ τὴν ἀγχιστείαν μου, ὅτι οὐ δυνήσομαι ἀγχιστεῦσαι.

LXX

And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר הַ/גֹּאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א אוּכַל֙ ל/גאול לִ/גְאָל לִ֔/י פֶּן אַשְׁחִ֖ית אֶת נַחֲלָתִ֑/י גְּאַל לְ/ךָ֤ אַתָּה֙ אֶת גְּאֻלָּתִ֔/י כִּ֥י לֹא אוּכַ֖ל לִ/גְאֹֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
וֹ
v
noun · 14×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
ךְ
k
verb · 104×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 25:8 — Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
  • Ruth 2:20 — And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of ou