Ruth 4:1
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וּבֹעַזuvo'azand BoazH1162עָלָה'alahhe went upH5927הַשַּׁעַרhasha'arthe gateH8179וַיֵּשֶׁבvaiyeshevand he sat downH3427שָׁםshamthereH8033וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009הַגֹּאֵלhago'elthe kinsman-redeemerH1350עֹבֵר'over[was] passing byH5674אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834דִּבֶּר־diber-he had spokenH1696בֹּעַזbo'azBoazH1162וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559סוּרָהsurahturn aside !H5493שְׁבָה־shevah-sit !H3427פֹּהpohhereH6311פְּלֹנִיpelonia certain oneH6423אַלְמֹנִי'almonia certain oneH492וַיָּסַרvaiyasarand he turned asideH5493וַיֵּשֵׁב׃vaiyeshevand he sat downH3427
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Related verses
- 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.But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
- Ruth 3:12And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer 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.You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Amos 5:10-1210 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.10 There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity. 11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. 12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
- 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.Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
- Job 29:7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
- 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;his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
- Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
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