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


In Context

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.

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

3 And he saith to the redeemer, 'A portion of the field which is to our brother, to Elimelech, hath Naomi sold, who hath come back from the fields of Moab;

4 and I said, I uncover thine ear, saying, Buy before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people; if thou dost redeem — redeem, and if none doth redeem — declare to me, and I know, for there is none save thee to redeem, and I after thee.' And he saith, I 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 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 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.