Ruth 3:9 - Y'all Version Bible He said, “Who are you?” She answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread the edge of your garment over your servant because you are a kindman-redeemer.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your maidservant. Spread your wing [of protection] over your maidservant, for you are a next of kin. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. Common English Bible “Who are you?” he asked. She replied, “I’m Ruth your servant. Spread out your robe over your servant, because you are a redeemer.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to her, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, your handmaid. Spread your covering over your servant, for you are a near relative." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to her: Who art thou? And she answered: I am Ruth thy handmaid. Spread thy coverlet over thy servant, for thou art a near kinsman. |
“‘“Now when I passed by you and looked at you, and saw that you were at the time for love, and I spread my garment over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you,” says Lord YHWH, “and you became mine.
For everyone who exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themself will be exalted.”
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May YHWH bless him, the one who has not withdrawn his lovingkindness to the living and to the dead.” Then Naomi also said to her, “The man is our close relative, one of our kinsmen-redeemers.”
He said, “May YHWH bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in this than what you did earlier, because you didn’t go after the young men, whether poor or rich.
Now, it is true that I am a kindman-redeemer. However, there is a relative closer than I.
In the middle of the night, the man was startled. He turned, and there was a woman lying at his feet!
So I thought I should inform you by saying, ‘Buy it in front of those who sit here and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you won’t redeem it, tell me, so that I may know. For there is no one besides you with the right to redeem it, and I am after you.” He said, “I will redeem it.”
The near kindman-redeemer said, “Then I can’t redeem it, because I would endanger my own property. Take my right of redemption for yourself because I can’t redeem it.”
She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Here I am, your servant, a slave to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”