Ruth 2:20
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
Note The Hebrew word for kinsman-redeemer or guardian-redeemer is a legal term for the kinsman who redeems or vindicates a relative; see Leviticus 25:25–55.
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Note one of…: or, one that hath right to redeem
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the Lord, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”
And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Blessed
- Ruth 3:10; 2 Samuel 2:5; Job 29:12, 13; 2 Timothy 1:16–18
- hath not
- 2 Samuel 9:1; Proverbs 17:17; Philippians 4:10
- one of our
- or, one that hath right to redeem.
- Ruth 3:9; Ruth 4:6; Leviticus 25:25; Deuteronomy 25:5–7; Job 19:25