2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.


In Context

1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

3 And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:

4 And I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying, Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

Ruth 4:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:2Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, "Sit here," and they did so.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And they sat down.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, |Sit down here.| They sat down.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. And they sat down.