Ruth 4:4

before the inhabitants = in the presence of such as are seated here.

redeem. Hebrew. ga'al, to redeem by purchase. See Exodus 6:6 , and Compare Rth 13:13 .

thou. Hebrew text has "he". But a special various reading called Sevir ( App-34 ), and some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "thou", which the Authorized Version seems to have followed.