Ruth 4:14
in Ruth 4Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.
KJV
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
⋯
This verse in Ruth 4
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd the women said unto Naomi,.... The inhabitants of Bethlehem, as they fell into her company; or perhaps these were the women that were called to the labour of Ruth, and attended the birth of the child: blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman; a grandchild born to her that day. In Moab she was bereaved of her husband and of two sons; but now she is not left without a relation, a kinsman, and a redeemer, for which the women blessed God, and stirred her up to do the same.
This site's exposition
Blessed be the Lord, which
on Ruth 4:14-15
The women bless the LORD to the woman who told them at 1:20 to call her Mara, and the kinsman word they use of the newborn is the word that has belonged to Boaz since 3:9. Restorer of thy life and nourisher of thine old age answers her own summary at 1:21, that she went out full and the LORD brought her home empty, and it comes from the same townspeople who asked at 1:19 whether this was Naomi. Seven sons is the picture of a full house, as at 1 Samuel 2:5 and Job 1:2, and the phrase falls here for the first time in Scripture, set on a Moabite daughter in law. They leave Ruth's name out of the blessing and call her the one which loveth thee.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Let Tamar rejoice that her Lord has come, for her name announced the son of her Lord, and her appellation called you to come to her.By you honorable women made themselves contemptible, [you] the One who makes all chaste. She stole you at the crossroads, …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Which hath not, &c. - The words may be rendered, Which hath not made, or suffered thy kinsman to fail thee; that is, to refuse the performances of his duty to thee and thine, as the other kinsman did. Famous - Hebrew. and his name shall be famous in Israel, for this noble and worthy action.
The bonds of love prove stronger than those of nature, and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother; so here there was a daughter-in-law better than an own child. See what wisdom and grace will do. Now here, (1.) The child is named by the neighbours,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Without a kinsman - i. e. Boaz, not the infant Obed.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
"That he will not leave to you an empty one as a redeemer." The reason being that the name of the deceased would be established upon his inheritance.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּאמַ֤רְנָה | vatomarnah | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַנָּשִׁים֙ | hanashim | the women | H802 → | 781 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| נָעֳמִ֔י | noomi | Naomi | H5281 → | 21 times |
| בָּר֣וּךְ | barukh | [be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲ֠שֶׁר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִשְׁבִּ֥ית | hishbit | he has caused to cease | H7673 → | |
| לָ֛ךְ | lakh | to <the> you | ||
| גֹּאֵ֖ל | goel | a kinsman-redeemer | H1350 → | 104 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְיִקָּרֵ֥א | veyikare' | and may it be proclaimed | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמ֖וֹ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַתֹּאמַ֤רְנָהand they said
vatomarnahH559 →5305 times
הַנָּשִׁים֙the women
hanashimH802 →781 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
נָעֳמִ֔יNaomi
noomiH5281 →21 times
בָּר֣וּךְ[be] blessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲ֠שֶׁרwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הִשְׁבִּ֥יתhe has caused to cease
hishbitH7673 →
לָ֛ךְto <the> you
lakh
גֹּאֵ֖לa kinsman-redeemer
goelH1350 →104 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
וְיִקָּרֵ֥אand may it be proclaimed
veyikare'H7121 →733 times
שְׁמ֖וֹname his
shemoH8034 →864 times
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃in Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:9
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
- Galatians 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Genesis 18:18
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- Genesis 17:4–6
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 28:3–4
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- 2 Samuel 7:9
Through
Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
it leads to
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
- Ruth 4:14–17
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
- Romans 12:15
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies4
About Ruth
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, HYMNS ON THE NATIVITY 9.12-16; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.