Ruth 4:3
Context4:3 Then Boaz said to the guardian, 1 “Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling 2 the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech.
Ruth 4:10
Context4:10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property 3 so the name of the deceased might not disappear 4 from among his relatives and from his village. 5 You are witnesses today.”


[4:3] 1 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note on the phrase “guardian of the family interests” in 3:9.
[4:3] 2 tn The perfect form of the verb here describes as a simple fact an action that is underway (cf. NIV, NRSV, CEV, NLT); NAB “is putting up for sale.”
[4:10] 3 tn Heb “in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance” (NASB similar).
[4:10] 4 tn Heb “be cut off” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “may not perish.”
[4:10] 5 tn Heb “and from the gate of his place” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “from the court of his birth place”; NIV “from the town records.”