Ruth 4:10
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ruth 4:10 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
und auch Ruth, die Moabitin, das Weib Machlons, habe ich mir zum Weibe gekauft, um den Namen des Verstorbenen auf seinem Erbteil zu erwecken, daß nicht der Name des Verstorbenen ausgerottet werde unter seinen Brüdern und aus dem Tore seines Ortes. Ihr seid heute Zeugen!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y que también tomo por mi mujer á Ruth Moabita, mujer de Mahalón, para suscitar el nombre del difunto sobre su heredad, para que el nombre del muerto no se borre de entre sus hermanos y de la puerta de su lugar. Vosotros sois hoy testigos.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E que também tomo por minha mulher a Rute moabita, mulher de Malom, para suscitar o nome do defunto sobre sua herança, para que o nome do morto não se apague dentre seus irmãos e da porta de seu lugar. Vós sois hoje testemunhas.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Além disso, sobre Rute, a moabita, a mulher de Malom, eu também adquiri o direito de ter ela como minha esposa, para preservar o nome do falecido na sua herança. Assim, o nome dele não será cortado do meio de seus irmãos e do portão da sua cidade. Vós sois testemunhas hoje".
📖 Ruth 4:10 in Context
8Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
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 are witnesses this day.
11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are 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 Beth–lehem:
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.
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