Rut 2:5

2:5 Boaz asked ¹  his servant ²  in charge of the harvesters, “To whom does this young woman belong?” ³ 

Rut 4:10

4:10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property ⁴  so the name of the deceased might not disappear ⁵  from among his relatives and from his village. ⁶  You are witnesses today.”

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “said to.” Since what follows is a question, “asked” is appropriate in this context.

[2:5]  ² tn Heb “young man.” Cf. NAB “overseer”; NIV, NLT “foreman.”

[2:5]  ³ sn In this patriarchal culture Ruth would “belong” to either her father (if unmarried) or her husband (if married).

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “in order to raise up the name of the deceased over his inheritance” (NASB similar).

[4:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “be cut off” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB “may not perish.”

[4:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and from the gate of his place” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “from the court of his birth place”; NIV “from the town records.”