Ruth 4:3-5

4:3

said <0559> [he said.]

4:4

informing ........................................................ replied <0559> [I thought. Heb. I said I will reveal in thine ear. Buy it.]

sitting <03427> [before the inhabitants.]

redeem ..... so ................... redeem .............. redeem <01350> [for there is none.]

4:5

When <03117> [What day.]

Or rather, according to the emendations proposed by Houbigant and Dr. Kennicott, and which have been confirmed by a great many MSS. since collated, and agreeably to the ancient versions, "In the day thou purchasest the land from the hand of Naomi, thou wilt also acquire Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead," etc. This is Boaz's statement of the case to his kinsman, before the people and elders.

preserve ....... up <06965> [to raise up.]