Ruth 4:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ So when the next of kin said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Therefore, when the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself, he pulled off his sandal.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ Then the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” and he took off his sandal.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And so Boaz said to his kinsman, "Take off your shoe." And immediately he released it from his foot.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ruth 4:8 Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother's wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.’

Ruth 4:7

Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging: to confirm a transaction, the one drew off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was the manner of attesting in Israel.

Ruth 4:9

Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.