Verse List for RUTH 4:2

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OET (OET-RV) Then Boaz called over ten of the older, well-respected men from the town and asked them to sit and witness their discussion, so they sat down with them.

OET-LV And_he/it _took ten men of_the _elders _of the_city and_he/it _said sit here and_they _sat _down.

ULT Then he took ten men from the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.

UST Boaz then gathered ten of the older, well-respected men from the town and said to them, “Please sit here so you can witness our business.” So they sat down.

BSB & MSB Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

OEB Boaz also took ten of the town elders and said, ‘Sit down here.’ So they sat down.

WEBBE & WMBB Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.

NET Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.

LSV And he takes ten men from [the] elderly of the city, and says, “Sit down here”; and they sit down.

FBV Then Boaz selected ten of the town elders and asked them to sit there with them.

T4T Boaz then gathered ten of the elders of the town and asked them to sit down there also. After they sat down,

LEB And he took ten men from the elders of the city and said, “Sit here.” And they sat.

BBE Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.

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

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

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

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

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

RV And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
(And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye/you_all down here. And they sat down.)

SLT And he will take ten men from the old men of the city, and he will say, Sit ye down here. And they will sit down.

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

KJB-1769 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
(And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye/you_all down here. And they sat down.)

KJB-1611 And hee tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and said, Sit ye downe here. And they sate downe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And he toke ten men of the elders of the citie, and said: sit ye downe here. And they sat downe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva Then he tooke ten men of the Elders of the citie, and sayd, Sit ye downe here. And they sate downe.
(Then he took ten men of the Elders of the city, and said, Sit ye/you_all down here. And they sat down.)

Cvdl & he toke ten men of the Elders of ye cite, & sayde: Syt you downe here. And they sat the downe.
(and he took ten men of the Elders of ye/you_all city, and said: Sit you down here. And they sat the down.)

Wycl Forsothe Booz took ten `men of the eldere men of the citee, and seide to hem, Sitte ye here.
(For_certain/Truly Boaz took ten men of the elder men of the city, and said to them, Sit ye/you_all here.)

Luth Und er nahm zehn Männer von den Ältesten der Stadt und sprach: Setzet euch her! Und sie setzten sich.
(And he took ten men from the elders the/of_the city and spoke: Set(v) you her! And they/she/them put/set/sat itself/yourself/themselves.)

ClVg Tollens autem Booz decem viros de senioribus civitatis, dixit ad eos: Sedete hic.
(Taking_off however Booz ten men from/about seniors/elders of_the_city, he/she_said to them: Sit_down this/here.)

UHB וַ⁠יִּקַּ֞ח עֲשָׂרָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים מִ⁠זִּקְנֵ֥י הָ⁠עִ֖יר וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁבוּ־פֹ֑ה וַ⁠יֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἔλαβε Βοὸζ δέκα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῆς πόλεως, καὶ εἶπε, καθίσατε ὧδε· καὶ ἐκάθισαν.

BrTr And Booz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye here; and they sat down.