8So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.


In Context

5 And Booz said to him: When thou shalt buy the field at the woman's hand, thou must take also Ruth the Moabitess, who was the wife of the deceased: to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance.

6 He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.

7 Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe, and gave it to his neighhour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel.

8 So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot.

9 And he said to the ancients and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of the hand of Noemi:

10 And have taken to wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing.

Ruth 4:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So the kinsman-redeemer said to Boaz, "Buy it yourself." And he removed his sandal.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy [it] for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thyself. So he drew off his shoe.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And he that had the right of redemption said to Boaz, Buy for thyself; and he drew off his sandal.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8So the near kinsman said to Boaz, |Buy it for yourself.| He took off his shoe.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8And the redeemer saith to Boaz, 'Buy it for thyself,' and draweth off his sandal.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for you. So he drew off his shoe.