Ruth 3:9

English Standard Version

⁹He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. ^(A)Spread your wings^[a] over your servant, for you are ^(B)a redeemer.”

Ruth 3:9 Compare 2:12; the word for wings can also mean corners of a garment

Ruth 3:9

New International Version

⁹“Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment^(A) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer^[a]^(B) of our family.”

Ruth 3:9 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); also in verses 12 and 13.

²“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of ^(A)your youth,
your love ^(B)as a bride,
^(C)how you followed me in the wilderness,
^(D)in a land not sown.

²“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,^(A)
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,^(B)
through a land not sown.

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