The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house.
Ruth 4:8 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, when the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself, he pulled off his sandal. American Standard Version (1901) So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe. Common English Bible Then the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” and he took off his sandal. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Boaz said to his kinsman, "Take off your shoe." And immediately he released it from his foot. English Standard Version 2016 So when the redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” he drew off his sandal. |
The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house.
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.
And he said to the ancients and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of the hand of Noemi.