Ruth 4:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the town and said, “Sit down here,” so they sat down.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

² Then he took ten men from the town’s elders and said, “Sit down here.” And they sat down.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But Boaz, calling aside ten men among the elders of the city, said to them, "Sit down here."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ruth 4:2 Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal; she sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

Exodus 21:8

If she does not please her master, who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt unfairly with her.

Proverbs 31:23

Her husband is known in the city gates, taking his seat among the elders of the land.

Lamentations 5:14

The old men have left the city gate, the young men their music.

Acts 6:12

They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council.

Deuteronomy 25:7

But if the man has no desire to marry his brother’s widow, then his brother’s widow shall go up to the elders at the gate and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’

Deuteronomy 29:10

“You stand assembled today, all of you, before the Lord your God—the leaders of your tribes, your elders, and your officials, all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:28

Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, so that I may recite these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.