Ruth 4:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ So all the people and elders [32] that were near the city gates were witnesses. They said,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And all the people at the gate and the elders said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the household of Israel. May you do worthily and get wealth (power) in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlehem.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

Common English Bible

¹¹ Then all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD grant that the woman who is coming into your household be like Rachel and like Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel. May you be fertile in Ephrathah and may you preserve a name in Bethlehem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ All the people who were at the gate, along with the eldest, answered, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who enters into your house, like Rachel, and Leah, who built up the house of Israel, so that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrathah, and so that her name may be honored in Bethlehem.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients answered: We are witnesses. The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem.

Ruth 4:11 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 23:10

Ephron was sitting there among the people. Ephron answered Abraham,

Genesis 24:60

While Rebekah was leaving they said to her,

Genesis 29:16

Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah and the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:25

In the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah he had slept with. Jacob said to Laban, “You have tricked me. I worked hard for you so that I could marry Rachel. Why did you trick me?”

Genesis 29:32

Leah gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben. [166] Leah named him this because she said, “The Lord has seen my troubles. My husband doesn’t love me. So now maybe my husband will love me.”

Genesis 35:23

Jacob and Leah’s sons were: Jacob’s firstborn son Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 35:24

Jacob and Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.

1 Kings 21:8

Then Jezebel wrote some letters. She signed Ahab’s name to the letters. She used Ahab’s own seal to seal the letters. Then she sent them to the elders (leaders) and important men who lived in the same town as Naboth.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma, the founder of Bethlehem, and Hareph, the founder of Beth Gader.

Psalm 132:6

We heard about it in Ephrathah. {\cf2\super [616]} \par We found the Box of the Agreement {\cf2\super [617]} \par at Kiriath Jearim. {\cf2\super [618]} \par

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman uses her wisdom to make her home what it should be. But the foolish woman destroys her home by the foolish things she does.

Proverbs 31:23

People respect her husband.\par He is one of the leaders of the land.\par

Jeremiah 32:10

I signed the deed. {\cf2\super [267]} And I had a copy of the deed sealed up. {\cf2\super [268]} And I got some men to witness the things I had done. And I weighed out the silver on the scales.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,\par are the smallest town in Judah.\par Your family is almost too small to count.\par But the “Ruler of Israel”\par will come from you for me.\par His beginnings {\cf2\super [60]} are from ancient times,\par from long, long ago.\par

Matthew 2:6

‘Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,\par you are important among\par the rulers of Judah.\par Yes, a ruler will come from you,\par and that ruler will lead Israel,\par my people.’”\par \i (Micah 5:2)\i0 \par

Deuteronomy 25:7

If the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then the brother’s wife must go to the leaders at the town meeting place. His brother’s wife must say to the leaders, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel. He will not do the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’

Deuteronomy 25:9

then his brother’s wife must come to him in front of the leaders. She must take his shoe off his foot. Then she must spit in his face. She must say, ‘This is being done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family!’

Ruth 1:2

The man’s wife was named Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Kilion. These people were from the Ephrathah family of Bethlehem, Judah. The family traveled to the hill country of Moab and stayed there.