Ruth 4:1 (YLT)

Passage

And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down.

Nearby Context

Ruth 4:1 And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down.

Ruth 4:2 And he taketh ten men of the elders of the city, and saith, `Sit down here;' and they sit down.

Ruth 4:3 And he saith to the redeemer, `A portion of the field which <FI>is<Fi> to our brother, to Elimelech, hath Naomi sold, who hath come back from the fields of Moab;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "boaz", "hath", "gone", "gate", "sitteth", "redeemer", and "passing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "boaz" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And he taketh ten men of the...", so "boaz" and "hath" 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 "boaz" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.