Ruth 3:9 - Modern English Version

⁹ He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Spread your cloak over me, for you are a redeeming kinsman.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ “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

⁹ 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."

Ruth 3:9 Tagairtí Cros

Ezekiel 16:8

When I passed by you and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time for love. So I spread My garment over you and covered your nakedness. Indeed, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became Mine.

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Ruth 2:20

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed of the Lord who has not withdrawn His kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “This man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeeming relatives.”

Ruth 3:10

He said, “May you be blessed of the Lord, my daughter. You have shown your last act of kindness to be greater than the first, because you have not pursued young men, whether poor or rich.

Ruth 3:12

Now it is true that I am a redeeming kinsman. Yet there is another redeemer closer than I am.

Ruth 3:8

At midnight, the man was startled and rolled over, and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

Ruth 4:4

I thought I should inform you and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so that I know, for there is no one prior to you to redeem it, and I am next after you.’ ” So he said, “I will redeem it.”

Ruth 4:6

The redeemer replied, “I am not able to redeem it for myself lest I ruin my own inheritance. Take my redemption rights for yourself, for I cannot do it.”

1 Samuel 25:41

She arose, and bowed herself on her face to the ground, and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”