Ruth 4:8

Douay-Rheims Bible

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

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.

Bible in Basic English
So the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took 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.

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 Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down. ² And Booz, taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here. ³ They sat down, and he spoke to the kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moab will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. ⁴ I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it, and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field. 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 neighbour; 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.

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 it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.

Genesis 4:6
And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered: I know not: am I my brother’s keeper?

Genesis 4:10
And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the earth.

Genesis 4:12
When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.

Genesis 4:24
Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.

Genesis 4:26
But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.

2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.

2 Samuel 14:6
And thy handmaid had two sons: and they quarrelled with each other in the field, and there was none to part them: and the one struck the other, and slew him.

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.)