Ruth 2:20
English Standard Version
20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, (A)“May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken (B)the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a close relative of ours, one of (C)our redeemers.”
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Ruth 2:20
New International Version
20 “The Lord bless him!(A)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(B) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(C) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(D) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[a](E)”
Footnotes
- Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).
Ruth 2:20
King James Version
20 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.
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