Ruth 4:8

Bible in Basic English

So the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took off his shoe.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy back the property yourself.”

Hebrew Names Version
So the near kinsman said to Bo`az, Buy it for yourself. He drew off his shoe.

King James Version
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

Lexham English Bible
So the redeemer said to Boaz, "Acquire it for yourself," and he removed his sandal.

English Standard Version
So when the redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," he drew off his sandal.

New Century Version
So the close relative said to Boaz, "Buy the land yourself," and he took off his sandal.

New English Translation
So the guardian said to Boaz, "You may acquire it," and he removed his sandal.

Amplified Bible
So, when the closest relative (redeemer) said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself," he pulled off his sandal [and gave it to Boaz to confirm the agreement].

New American Standard Bible
So the redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." And he removed his sandal.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore the kinsman sayd to Boas, Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shooe.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the kinsman redeemer said to Boaz, "Acquire this for yourself." And he removed his sandal.

Contemporary English Version
So after the man had agreed to let Boaz buy the property, he took off one of his sandals and handed it to Boaz.

Complete Jewish Bible
So the redeemer said to Bo‘az, "Buy it for yourself," and took off his shoe.

Darby Translation
And he that had the right of redemption said to Boaz, Buy for thyself; and he drew off his sandal.

Easy-to-Read Version
So when the close relative said to Boaz, "You buy the land," he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. And he took off his shoe.

Good News Translation
So when the man said to Boaz, "You buy it," he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz.

Literal Translation
And the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy for yourself, and drew off his sandal.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the nye kynsman sayde vnto Boos: Bye thou it, & he put of his shue.

American Standard Version
So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore the kinsman sayde to Booz, Bye it thou: and so drue of his shoe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe.

King James Version (1611)
Therfore the kinseman said vnto Boaz, Buy it for thee: so he drew off his shooe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the kinsman said to Booz, Buy my right for thyself: and he took off his shoe and gave it to him.

English Revised Version
So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.

Berean Standard Bible
So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Booz seide to his kynesman, Take the scho fro thee; `which scho he vnlaside anoon fro his foot.

Young's Literal Translation
And the redeemer saith to Boaz, `Buy [it] for thyself,' and draweth off his sandal.

Update Bible Version
So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. And he drew off his shoe.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy [it] for thyself. So he drew off his shoe.

World English Bible
So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. He drew off his shoe.

New King James Version
Therefore the close relative said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." So he took off his sandal.

New Living Translation
So the other family redeemer drew off his sandal as he said to Boaz, "You buy the land."

New Life Bible
So he said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." And he took off his shoe.

New Revised Standard
So when the next-of-kin said to Boaz, "Acquire it for yourself," he took off his sandal.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the kinsman said unto Boaz, Take it over for thyself, - and he drew off his shoe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.

Revised Standard Version
So when the next of kin said to Bo'az, "Buy it for yourself," he drew off his sandal.

THE MESSAGE
So when Boaz's "redeemer" relative said, "Go ahead and buy it," he signed the deal by pulling off his shoe.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the closest relative said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." And he removed his sandal.

Contextual Overview

¹ And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated. ² Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats. ³ Then he said to the near relation, Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is offering for a price that bit of land which was our brother Elimelech's: ⁴ And it was in my mind to give you the chance of taking it, with the approval of those seated here and of the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relation to do, then do it: but if you will not do it, say so to me now; for there is no one who has the right to do it but you, and after you myself. And he said, I will do it. ⁵ Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage. ⁶ And the near relation said, I am not able to do the relation's part, for fear of damaging the heritage I have: you may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself. ⁷ Now, in earlier times this was the way in Israel when property was taken over by a near relation, or when there was a change of owner. To make the exchange certain one man took off his shoe and gave it to the other; and this was a witness in Israel. ⁸ So the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took off his shoe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 25:9 - loose his shoe Psalms 108:9 - I cast

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.

Genesis 4:6
And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

Genesis 4:12
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.

Genesis 4:24
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.

Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.

2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 14:6
And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, buy it for me,.... Which is repeated to show he gave his full consent to it, that he should make the purchase of it if he pleased, and which he confirmed by the following rite:

so he drew off his shoe; thereby signifying that he relinquished his right to the purchase of the estate, and ceded it to him; the Targum has it,

"and Boaz drew off the glove off his right hand, and bought it of him;''

and so Aben Ezra,

"and Boaz drew off his shoe, and gave it to his kinsman,''

as if this was some acknowledgment for yielding his right unto him; and about this there is a great dissension among the Jewish writers l; one says it was the shoe of Boaz that was plucked off; another says it was the shoe of the kinsman; which latter seems most correct: and it may be observed, that this custom is different from what is enjoined

Deuteronomy 25:6 there the woman was to pluck off the shoe of him that refused to marry her, but here the man plucked off his own shoe, who chose not to redeem; nor is there mention of spitting in his face; nor does it appear that Ruth did the one or the other; though Josephus m affirms it, and says, that she both plucked off his shoe, and spit in his face; neither of which are mentioned.

l Midrash Ruth, fol. 35. 2. m Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 9. sect. 4.)