Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ruth Chapter 1 to 4)

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 3:17 (NLT)

17 and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 3:18 (NLT)

18 Then Naomi said to her, “Just be patient, my daughter, until we hear what happens. The man won’t rest until he has settled things today.”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ruth 4:1 (NLT) - 1 Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ruth 4:2 (NLT) - 2 Then Boaz called ten leaders from the town and asked them to sit as witnesses.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:3 (NLT)

3 And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:4 (NLT)

4 I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy it here in the presence of these witnesses. But if you don’t want it, let me know right away, because I am next in line to redeem it after you.”The man replied, “All right, I’ll redeem it.”

 

[blueskies]

Ruth 4:5 (NASB)

5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

 

[blueskies]

Ruth 4:6 (NASB)

6 Then the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, otherwise I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself; you may have my right of redemption, since I cannot redeem it.”

 

[blueskies]

Ruth 4:7 (NASB)

7 Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning the redemption and the exchange of landto confirm any matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to another; and this was the way of confirmation in Israel.

 

[bobinfaith]

Ruth 4:8, 8 So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal. - ESV

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:9 (NLT)

9 Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:10 (NLT)

10 And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:11 (NLT)

11 Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May the LORD make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ruth 4:12 (NLT) - 12 And may the LORD give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.”

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:13 (NLT)

13 So Boaz took Ruth into his home, and she became his wife. When he slept with her, the LORD enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:14 (NLT)

14 Then the women of the town said to Naomi, “Praise the LORD, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:15 (NLT)

15 May he restore your youth and care for you in your old age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law who loves you and has been better to you than seven sons!”

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:16 (NLT)

16 Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:17 (NLT)

17 The neighbor women said, “Now at last Naomi has a son again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ruth 4:18 (NLT)

18 This is the genealogical record of their ancestor Perez. Perez was the father of Hezron.