Ruth 4:1 (DRB)

Passage

Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.

Nearby Context

Ruth 4:1 Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down.

Ruth 4:2 And Booz, taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here.

Ruth 4:3 They sat down, and he spoke to the kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moab will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "booz", "went", "gate", "seen", "kinsman", "going", "spoken", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "booz" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And Booz taking ten men of the...", so "booz" and "went" should be read forward into that movement. In Ruth context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "booz" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.