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Boaz said, &#8220Come over here, my friend, and sit down.&#8221 So he went over and sat down. <a href="/nlt/ruth/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together. <a href="/esv/ruth/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. <a href="/bsb/ruth/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. <a href="/kjv/ruth/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. <a href="/nkjv/ruth/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, “Come aside, friend, sit down here.” So he came aside and sat down. <a href="/nasb_/ruth/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the redeemer of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Come over here, friend, sit down here.” And he came over and sat down. <a href="/nasb/ruth/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, &#8220Turn aside, friend, sit down here.&#8221 And he turned aside and sat down. <a href="/nasb77/ruth/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Turn aside, friend, sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. <a href="/lsb/ruth/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the kinsman redeemer of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, “Turn aside, my fellow, sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. <a href="/amp/ruth/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Boaz went up to the city gate [where business and legal matters were settled] and sat down, and then the close relative (redeemer) of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down.” So he came and sat down. <a href="/csb/ruth/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Boaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz said, “Come over here and sit down.” So he went over and sat down. <a href="/hcsb/ruth/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Boaz went to the gate of the town and sat down there. Soon the family redeemer Boaz had spoken about came by. Boaz called him by name and said, &#8220Come over here and sit down.&#8221 So he went over and sat down. <a href="/asv/ruth/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. <a href="/cev/ruth/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> In the meanwhile, Boaz had gone to the meeting place at the town gate and was sitting there when the other close relative came by. So Boaz invited him to come over and sit down, and he did. <a href="/erv/ruth/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. <a href="/gwt/ruth/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Boaz went to the city gate and sat there. Just then, the relative about whom he had spoken was passing by. Boaz said, "Please come over here and sit, my friend." So the man came over and sat down. <a href="/gnt/ruth/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Boaz went to the meeting place at the town gate and sat down there. Then Elimelech's nearest relative, the man whom Boaz had mentioned, came by, and Boaz called to him, "Come over here, my friend, and sit down." So he went over and sat down. <a href="/isv/ruth/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Meanwhile, Boaz approached the city gate and sat down there. Just then, the very same related redeemer whom Boaz had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, "Come over and sit down here, my friend!" So the man came over and sat down. <a href="/msb/ruth/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, ?Come over here, my friend, and sit down.? So he went over and sat down. <a href="/net/ruth/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down. <a href="/nheb/ruth/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there. Look, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, "Come over here, friend, and sit down." He turned aside, and sat down. <a href="/wbt/ruth/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there: and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. <a href="/web/ruth/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ruth/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Boaz has gone up to the gate, and sits there, and behold, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he says, “Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one”; and he turns aside and sits down. <a href="/ylt/ruth/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, 'Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down. <a href="/slt/ruth/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ruth/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down. <a href="/cpdv/ruth/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then Boaz went up to the gate, and he sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman passing by, whom he had previously discussed, he spoke to him, calling him by his name, “Pause for a little while, and sit down here.” He turned aside and sat down. <a href="/nabre/ruth/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Boaz went to the gate and took a seat there. Along came the other redeemer of whom he had spoken. Boaz called to him by name, “Come, sit here.” And he did so. <a href="/nrsvce/ruth/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin, of whom Boaz had spoken, came passing by. So Boaz said, “Come over, friend; sit down here.” And he went over and sat down.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ruth/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> THEN Boaz went up to the city gate and sat down there; and behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken was passing by; and Boaz said to him, Come, sit down here. And the man said to him, What do you wish? And he sat down by him. <a href="/hpbt/ruth/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Baaz came up and he sat down at the gate of the city, and behold, the Avenger passed by about whom Baaz had spoken, and he said to him: “Come, sit here!” But he said to him, “What is it?” And he sat down with him<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ruth/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there; and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said: 'Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.' And he turned aside, and sat down. <a href="/sep/ruth/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Booz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Booz spoke: and Booz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down. <a href="/parallel/ruth/4-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LT1nlCXT1mU?start=685" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ruth/4.htm">Boaz Redeems Ruth</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/1162.htm" title="1162: ū·ḇō·‘az (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple.">Meanwhile, Boaz</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: haš·ša·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">to the gate</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and sat down</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Soon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1350.htm" title="1350: hag·gō·’êl (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To redeem, act as kinsman. A primitive root, to redeem, i.e. To be the next of kin.">the kinsman-redeemer</a> <a href="/hebrew/1162.htm" title="1162: bō·‘az (N-proper-ms) -- From an unused root of uncertain meaning; Boaz, the ancestor of David; also the name of a pillar in front of the temple.">of whom he</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber- (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">had spoken</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·ḇêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">came along,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and Boaz said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: sū·rāh (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">“Come over</a> <a href="/hebrew/6311.htm" title="6311: pōh (Adv) -- Here, hither. Or po; or pow; probably from a primitive inseparable particle p and huw'; this place, i.e. Here or hence.">here,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6423.htm" title="6423: pə·lō·nî (Adj-msc) -- A certain one. From palah; such a one, i.e. A specified peccrson.">my friend,</a> <a href="/hebrew/492.htm" title="492: ’al·mō·nî (Adj-ms) -- Someone, a certain (one). From 'almon in the sense of concealment; some one."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: šə·ḇāh- (V-Qal-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and sit down.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: way·yā·sar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">So he went over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šêḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and sat down.</a> 2Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-5.htm">Deuteronomy 25:5-10</a> When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. / The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. / But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.” ... <a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Genesis 38:8</a> Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.” <a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Leviticus 25:25</a> If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold. <a href="/matthew/1-5.htm">Matthew 1:5</a> Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, <a href="/genesis/23-10.htm">Genesis 23:10-18</a> Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, / “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.” / Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land ... <a href="/jeremiah/32-7.htm">Jeremiah 32:7-12</a> Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’ / Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. / So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. ... <a href="/1_kings/21-8.htm">1 Kings 21:8-14</a> Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. / In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people. / But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” ... <a href="/luke/3-32.htm">Luke 3:32</a> the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, <a href="/1_chronicles/2-11.htm">1 Chronicles 2:11-12</a> Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz. / Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. <a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Matthew 22:24-25</a> “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. <a href="/numbers/27-8.htm">Numbers 27:8-11</a> Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter. / If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. / If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. ... <a href="/1_samuel/9-22.htm">1 Samuel 9:22</a> Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all. <a href="/luke/20-28.htm">Luke 20:28</a> “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. <a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Genesis 19:1</a> Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown, <a href="/1_kings/22-10.htm">1 Kings 22:10</a> Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.to the gate<a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a> Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.<a href="/deuteronomy/17-5.htm">Deuteronomy 17:5</a> Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.<a href="/deuteronomy/21-19.htm">Deuteronomy 21:19</a> Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;the kinsman<a href="/ruth/3-12.htm">Ruth 3:12</a> And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.Ho, such<a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a> Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.<a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Zechariah 2:6</a> Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/3-16.htm">Boaz</a> <a href="/ruth/3-12.htm">Close</a> <a href="/john/11-7.htm">Ho</a> <a href="/ruth/3-13.htm">Kinsman</a> <a href="/ruth/3-12.htm">Relative</a> <a href="/ruth/2-14.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/ruth/3-18.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ruth/3-8.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ruth/4-2.htm">Boaz</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm">Close</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Ho</a> <a href="/ruth/4-3.htm">Kinsman</a> <a href="/ruth/4-3.htm">Relative</a> <a href="/ruth/4-2.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/ruth/4-2.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-14.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-12.htm">Turned</a><div class="vheading2">Ruth 4</div>1. <a href="/ruth/4-1.htm">Boaz calls into judgment the next kinsman</a> 6. <a href="/ruth/4-6.htm">He refuses the redemption according to the manner in Israel</a> 9. <a href="/ruth/4-9.htm">Boaz buys the inheritance</a> 11. <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">He marries Ruth</a> 13. <a href="/ruth/4-13.htm">She bears Obed, the grandfather of David</a> 18. <a href="/ruth/4-18.htm">The generations of Pharez unto David</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ruth/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ruth/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ruth/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. The city gate in ancient Israel served as a central place for legal transactions, public announcements, and social gatherings. It was a place where elders and leaders of the community would meet to discuss and resolve matters. Boaz's action of going to the gate indicates his intention to address the legal issue of redeeming Naomi's land and marrying Ruth. This setting underscores the public and legal nature of the proceedings, ensuring transparency and accountability. The gate also symbolizes a place of judgment and decision-making, reflecting Boaz's role as a man of integrity and responsibility.Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, The concept of a kinsman-redeemer (Hebrew: "goel") is rooted in the Levitical law, where a close relative had the duty to redeem a family member in distress, whether by buying back land, marrying a widow, or avenging blood. This practice ensured the preservation of family lineage and property within the tribe. The arrival of the kinsman-redeemer highlights the providence of God in orchestrating events according to His plan. This role also foreshadows the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, who is our ultimate Redeemer, restoring us to God.and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” Boaz's invitation to the kinsman-redeemer is both courteous and strategic. By addressing him as "my friend," Boaz maintains respect while preparing to discuss a serious matter. The term "friend" here is somewhat impersonal, possibly indicating that the man's name is intentionally left out of the narrative, emphasizing his decision's significance rather than his identity. Boaz's approach reflects wisdom and tact, ensuring the conversation occurs in a formal setting with witnesses present.So he went over and sat down. The kinsman-redeemer's compliance in sitting down signifies his willingness to engage in the legal discussion. This act of sitting down at the gate with Boaz and the elders signifies his readiness to fulfill or relinquish his duty as a redeemer. The narrative sets the stage for the unfolding of God's plan through Boaz, who ultimately becomes the redeemer, marrying Ruth and continuing the lineage that leads to King David and, ultimately, to Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/boaz.htm">Boaz</a> A prominent and wealthy man from Bethlehem, Boaz is a central figure in the Book of Ruth. He is a kinsman-redeemer, a role that involves redeeming a relative in serious difficulty. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_gate.htm">The Gate</a> In ancient Israel, the city gate was a place of legal transactions and public meetings. It served as a courtroom where elders and leaders would gather to make decisions. 3. <a href="/topical/k/kinsman-redeemer.htm">Kinsman-Redeemer</a> This is a male relative who has the responsibility to help a family member in need, often by redeeming land or marrying a widow to preserve the family line. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_unnamed_kinsman.htm">The Unnamed Kinsman</a> This is the closer relative to Naomi and Ruth, who has the first right of redemption before Boaz. 5. <a href="/topical/b/bethlehem.htm">Bethlehem</a> The setting of the account, Bethlehem is a small town in Judah, significant as the birthplace of King David and later, Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_and_accountability.htm">The Importance of Community and Accountability</a> The city gate represents a place where community leaders hold each other accountable. In our lives, we should seek community and accountability in our decisions. <a href="/topical/g/god's_providence_in_daily_life.htm">God's Providence in Daily Life</a> Boaz's encounter with the kinsman-redeemer at the gate is not by chance. It shows God's hand in orchestrating events for His purposes. We should trust in God's providence in our own lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_redeemer.htm">The Role of a Redeemer</a> Boaz's willingness to act as a kinsman-redeemer foreshadows Christ's redemptive work. We are called to reflect Christ's love and redemption in our relationships. <a href="/topical/i/integrity_and_honor_in_business_and_legal_matters.htm">Integrity and Honor in Business and Legal Matters</a> Boaz conducts his business at the gate with integrity and transparency. We should strive to maintain integrity in all our dealings. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_initiative.htm">The Power of Initiative</a> Boaz takes the initiative to resolve the matter of redemption. We are encouraged to take proactive steps in addressing issues in our lives and communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ruth_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ruth 4</a> <a href="/q/what's_akeldama's_significance.htm">Who was Boaz in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/are_refuge_cities_in_joshua_20_verified.htm">Is there any extrabiblical historical record substantiating the actual practice of these refuge cities as set forth in Joshua 20?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_2_chronicles_19_5-7_reforms.htm">What archaeological or historical evidence supports the reforms and judicial appointments described in 2 Chronicles 19:5–7? </a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_wisdom's_public_call_in_israel.htm">If wisdom is portrayed as calling out in public (Proverbs 1:20–21), what historical or archaeological evidence supports such personification in ancient Israel? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ruth/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Went up.--Inasmuch as the town stood on a hill: so in <a href="/ruth/3-3.htm" title="Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and put your raiment on you, and get you down to the floor: but make not yourself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.">Ruth 3:3</a>, Ruth is bidden to go down to the threshing-floor.The kinsman.--The Goel. (See <a href="/ruth/3-12.htm" title="And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however, there is a kinsman nearer than I.">Ruth 3:12</a>).Turn aside.--The form of the imperative is such as to give a hortatory turn, pray turn aside and sit down.Such a one.--Heb.,p'loni almoni. This phrase is used like the English so-and-so, such-and-such, of names which it is thought either unnecessary or undesirable to give. The derivation is probably from palah, to mark out, to separate, to distinguish, and alam, to hide, giving the twofold notion of one who is indicated, though in a certain sense concealed. The phrase is used of places, <a href="/1_samuel/21-2.htm" title="And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know any thing of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.">1Samuel 21:2</a>, <a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm" title="Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.">2Kings 6:8</a>; see also <a href="/daniel/8-13.htm" title="Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint which spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?">Daniel 8:13</a>. Why the name is not recorded here does not appear; possibly it was not known to the writer, or it may have been thought unworthy of recording, since he neglected his plain duty in refusing to raise up seed to the dead. We know nothing of this unnamed person save the fact of the offering of the redemption set before him, and his refusal of it, an offer which involved the glory of being the ancestor of the Christ who was to be born in the far-off ages. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ruth/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - And Boaz went up, to the gate, and sat there. He "went up," for the city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1; 3:6). "And sat there," on one of the stones, or stone benches, that were set for the accommodation of the townsfolk. The gateway in the East often corresponded, as a place of meeting, to the forum, or the market-place, in the West. Boaz had reason to believe that his kinsman would be either passing out to his fields, or passing in from his threshing-floor, through the one gate of the city. And lo, the kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken was passing; and he said, Ho, such a one I turn hither and sit here. And he turned and sat down. Boaz called his kinsman by his name; but the writer does not name him, either because he could not, or because he would not. The phrase "such a one," or "so and so," is a purely idiomatic English equivalent for the purely idiomatic Hebrew phrase פְלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי. A literal translation is impossible. The Latin N.N. corresponds. <a href="/commentaries/ruth/4-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Meanwhile Boaz וּבֹ֨עַז (ū·ḇō·‘az) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1162.htm">Strong's 1162: </a> Boaz -- 'quickness', an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple went עָלָ֣ה (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively to the gate הַשַּׁעַר֮ (haš·ša·‘ar) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate and sat down וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry there. שָׁם֒ (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither Soon וְהִנֵּ֨ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! the kinsman-redeemer הַגֹּאֵ֤ל (hag·gō·’êl) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1350.htm">Strong's 1350: </a> To redeem, act as kinsman of whom [he] בֹּ֔עַז (bō·‘az) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1162.htm">Strong's 1162: </a> Boaz -- 'quickness', an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple had spoken דִּבֶּר־ (dib·ber-) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue came along, עֹבֵר֙ (‘ō·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> To pass over, through, or by, pass on and Boaz said, וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Come over ס֥וּרָה (sū·rāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> To turn aside here, פֹּ֖ה (pōh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6311.htm">Strong's 6311: </a> This place, here my friend, פְּלֹנִ֣י (pə·lō·nî) Adjective - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6423.htm">Strong's 6423: </a> Such a, one, a specified peccrson and sit down.” שְׁבָה־ (šə·ḇāh-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry So he went over וַיָּ֖סַר (way·yā·sar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> To turn aside and sat down. וַיֵּשֵֽׁב׃ (way·yê·šêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ruth/4-1.htm">Ruth 4:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ruth/4-1.htm">OT History: Ruth 4:1 Now Boaz went up to the gate (Ru Rut.)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ruth/3-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ruth 3:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ruth 3:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ruth/4-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ruth 4:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ruth 4:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>