Verse 10

Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from his brethren or from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og også Rut, moabittkvinnen, Mahlons enke, har jeg kjøpt som kone for å bevare den dødes navn i hans eiendom. Slik skal ikke den dødes navn bli utslettet fra hans brødre eller fra hans hjemby. Dere er vitner i dag.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Rut, moabittkvinnen, Mahlons kone, har jeg kjøpt til meg selv til kone for å oppreise den dødes navn over hans arv, for at hans navn ikke skal bli utryddet blant hans brødre og fra porten til hans hjemsted. Dere er vitner i dag.»

• Norsk King James

  Dessuten har jeg kjøpt Ruth, Moabitten, som var Mahlons kone, for å bli min kone og føre videre navnet til den avdøde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  I tillegg har jeg også fått Rut, moabittinnen og Mahlons enke, til kone for å bevare navnet til den avdøde i hans arv, så hans navn ikke skal forsvinne fra blant hans slektninger eller fra hans sted i byporten. Dere er vitner i dag.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og også Rut, moabittkvinnen, Mahlons enke, har jeg kjøpt meg til kone for å opprettholde den dødes navn på hans arv, så hans navn ikke skal bli utslettet blant hans brødre og fra hans hjemby. Dere er vitner i dag.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Videre har jeg kjøpt Rut, moabittinnen, Mahlons enke, som min kone, for å bevare den avdødes navn ved hans arv, så hans navn ikke blir slettet blant hans brødre og fra byporten. Dere er vitner i dag.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Videre har jeg tatt Ruth, den moabittiske kvinnen, som var Mahlons hustru, til min hustru, for å videreføre den avdødes navn i arven, slik at hans navn ikke blir slettet blant hans slektninger og ved porten i byen. Dere er i dag vitner til dette.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Videre har jeg kjøpt Rut, moabittinnen, Mahlons enke, som min kone, for å bevare den avdødes navn ved hans arv, så hans navn ikke blir slettet blant hans brødre og fra byporten. Dere er vitner i dag.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg har også kjøpt Rut, moabittkvinnen, Mahlons enke, til hustru for å oppreise den avdødes navn på hans arv, så ikke hans navn skal bli utslettet blant hans brødre og fra hans hjemsted. Dere er vitner i dag.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, as my wife in order to maintain the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from the gate of his hometown. You are witnesses today.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg har også kjøpt Rut, moabittinnen, Mahlons enke, til min kone for å oppreise den avdødes navn over hans arv, så navnet hans ikke blir utslettet fra hans slekt og fra byens port. Dere er vitner i dag.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og tilmed har jeg taget Ruth, den Moabitiske, Mahlons Hustru, mig til en Hustru, til at opreise den Døde et Navn paa hans Arv, at den Dødes Navn skal ikke udryddes fra hans Brødre og af hans Steds Port; (dertil ere) I Vidner idag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Moreover th the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dessuten har jeg også kjøpt Rut, moabittkvinnen, Mahlons enke, til min kone, for å oppreise den avdødes navn på hans arv, slik at navnet hans ikke skal bli utslettet blant hans brødre og ved byporten der han bodde. Dere er vitner i dag.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg har også kjøpt Rut, moabittinnen, Mahlons hustru, for å være min kone, for å reise opp den dødes navn på hans arv, så den dødes navn ikke skal bli avskåret fra hans brødre og fra porten på hans sted. Dere er vitner i dag.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og også Rut, moabitteren, Mahlons hustru, har jeg kjøpt til min hustru, for å reise opp den dødes navn over hans arv, for at den dødes navn ikke skal bli utryddet blant sine brødre og fra porten i hans sted. Dere er vitner i dag.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dessuten har jeg kjøpt Rut, moabittkvinnen, Mahlons hustru, til min hustru, for å oppreise den avdødes navn på hans eiendom, slik at den avdødes navn ikke blir utryddet blant hans brødre og ved porten til hans sted. Dere er vitner i dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og videre har jeg tatt Rut, moabittkvinnen, som var Mahlons kone, til min kone, for å holde navnet til den avdøde mannen levende i hans arv, så hans navn ikke blir utryddet fra blant hans slektninger og fra minnet om hans by. Dere er vitner i dag.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Ruth the Moabitisse Mahelons wife, take I to wife, that I maye rayse vp a name vnto ye deed in his inheritaunce, and that his name be not roted out from amonge his brethren, and out of the gate of his place: Of this are ye witnesses.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse the wife of Mahlon, haue I bought to be my wife, to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritance, and that the name of the dead be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And moreouer, Ruth the Moabite the wyfe of Mahalo, haue I purchased to be my wyfe, to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritaunce, & that the name of the dead be not put out fro among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye [are] witnesses this day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and also Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, I have bought to myself for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance; and the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; witnesses ye `are' to-day.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 25:6 : 6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not be put out of Israel.
• Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it;
• Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
• Gen 29:18-19 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. 19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man; stay with me.
• Gen 29:27 : 27 Fulfill her week, and we will give you the other one also for the service which you shall serve with me for seven more years.
• Josh 7:9 : 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
• Ps 34:16 : 16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
• Ps 109:15 : 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth.
• Prov 18:22 : 22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
• Prov 19:14 : 14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
• Prov 31:10-11 : 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband safely trusts in her, so he will have no lack of gain.
• Isa 8:2-3 : 2 And I took to myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went to the prophetess; and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
• Isa 48:19 : 19 Your descendants also would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your body like its gravel; his name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
• Hos 3:2 : 2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.
• Hos 12:12 : 12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
• Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no longer be remembered; and also, I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart out of the land.
• Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.