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Ruth 4:10
New English Translation
Ruth 4:10
New English Translation
10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property[a] so the name of the deceased might not disappear[b] from among his relatives and from his village.[c] You are witnesses today.”
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- Ruth 4:10 tn Heb “in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance” (NASB similar).
- Ruth 4:10 tn Heb “be cut off” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “may not perish.”
- Ruth 4:10 tn Heb “and from the gate of his place” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “from the court of his birth place”; NIV “from the town records.”
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