Ruth 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. ”

Ruth 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I mar mine own inheritance - The meaning of these words is doubtful. Some explain them by saying that the גאל gā'al had a wife and children already, and would not introduce strife into his f...
Ruth 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4. Ruth's Marriage. Ruth 4:1 . Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story....
Ruth 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it . I cannot redeem it for myself - The Targum gives the...
Ruth 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I cannot redeem it for myself, &c.— The Chaldee paraphrases thus: "I cannot redeem it upon this condition, because I have a wife already, and do not choose to bring another into my house, lest...
Ruth 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. I cannot redeem it ... lest I mar mine own inher...
Ruth 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth. The Birth of their Child 1. Boaz went up from the threshing floor to the open space by the city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done, wher...
Ruth 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lest I mar... — The redemption of the land would involve the spending of money, drawn away from the Goel’s own estate; but the land thus acquired would not belong to the Goel himself, but to th...
Ruth 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE Ruth 4:1-22 A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of Judges. With all the li...
Ruth 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

in the Line of David's Ancestry Ruth 4:1-22 We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate...
Ruth 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, whic...
Ruth 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: (4) And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it be...
Ruth 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself ,.... On such a condition, because he had a wife, as the Targum suggests; and to take another would, as that intimates, tend to introduce contenti...
Ruth 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem [it] for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem [it]. Ver. 6. I cannot redeem it. ] And again, I cannot...
Ruth 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lest I mar mine own inheritance It seems he had a wife and children already, which made him afraid to marry a poor woman with a small parcel of land, which would not provide for the children he mig...
Ruth 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ (vv. 1-12) The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came by(v. 1).At...
Ruth 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth Refused by Her Kinsman. B. C. 1312. 1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him do...
Ruth 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lest I mar mine own inheritance; either, first, Because having no children of his own, he might have one, and but one, son by Ruth, who, though he should carry away his inheritance, yet should not...
Ruth 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the near kinsman said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. You take my right of redemption on you, for I cannot redeem it.” As soon as the near kinsman learned wh...
Ruth 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 4:1 . Then went Boaz up . Bethlehem situated on a hill, while the cornfields and threshing floor would be in the valley below [cf. on Ruth 2:4 , p. 101, also...
Ruth 4:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more t...
Ruth 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:1 . The gate: the place of justice. Job 29 ; Genesis 19 . Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz to...
Ruth 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance. The endangered inheritance Many men mar noble inheritances. I. The inheritance of physical health. The ancients were right who...
Ruth 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ruth 4:1 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 ; Ruth 3:6 ). "And sat there," on one...
Ruth 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nearer Relative Declines to Act
Ruth 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:6
Ruth 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mar — Either because having no children of his own, he might have one, and but one son by Ruth, who, though he should carry away his inheritance, yet would not bear his name, but the name of Ruth's...

Ruth 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 4:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes