Ruth 3:9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹So he asked, “Who are you?”

“I am Ruth, your slave,” she replied. “Spread your cloak^[a] over me,^(A) for you are a family redeemer.”^(B)

Ruth 3:9 Or Spread the edge of your garment; lit Spread the wing of your garment; Ru 2:12

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 announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:

I remember the loyalty of your youth,^(A)
your love as a bride—
how you followed Me in the wilderness,
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

New International Version (NIV)