Ruth 4:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ “And also, Ruth the Mo’aḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Also Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife to restore the name of the dead to his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from the gate of his birthplace. You are witnesses this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ And also Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I’ve bought to be my wife, to preserve the dead man’s name for his inheritance so that the name of the dead man might not be cut off from his brothers or from the gate of his hometown—today you are witnesses.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And Ruth, the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, I have taken in marriage so as to raise up the name of the deceased in his posterity, so that his name will not be cut off from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing."

Ruth 4:10 Cross References

Genesis 29:27

“Complete the week of this one, then we give you this one too, for the service which you shall serve with me still another seven years.”

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. And it came to be, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled on the ground, lest he should give an offspring to his brother.

Psalm 109:15

Let them always be before יהוה, And let Him cut off their remembrance from the earth;

Psalm 34:16

The face of יהוה  is against evil-doers, To cut off their remembrance from the earth.

Proverbs 18:22

He who has found a wife has found good, And receives favour from יהוה.

Proverbs 19:14

Houses and riches are the inheritance from fathers, But an understanding wife is from יהוה.

Isaiah 48:19

“And your seed would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your inward parts like the grains of sand. His name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me.

Hosea 12:12

And when Yaʽ

Hosea 3:2

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and one and one-half ḥ

Zechariah 13:2

“And it shall be in that day,” declares יהוה  of hosts, “that I cut off the names of the idols from the earth, and they shall be remembered no more, and I shall also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the earth.

Malachi 2:14

And you said, “Why?” Because יהוה  has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have acted treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it,

Deuteronomy 25:6

“And it shall be that the first-born son which she bears does rise up for the name of his dead brother, so that his name is not blotted out of Yisra’ĕ

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be respected by all, and the bed be undefiled. But Elohim shall judge those who whore, and adulterers.

Joshua 7:9

and the Kenaʽ

Ruth 4:9

And Boʽ