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


In Context

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.

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

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.

4 I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field.

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 American Standard 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 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.