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Ruth 4:2
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KJ21
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.
AMP
Then Boaz took ten men from the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” And they sat down.
AMPC
And Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city and said, Sit down here. And they sat down.
BRG
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
CSB
Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.
CSBA
Then Boaz took ten men of the town’s elders and said, ‘Sit here.’ And they sat down.
CEB
Then he took ten men from the town’s elders and said, “Sit down here.” And they sat down.
CJB
He took ten of the city’s leaders and said, “Sit down here”; and they sat down.
CEV
Then Boaz got ten of the town leaders and also asked them to sit down. After they had sat down,
DARBY
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit 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.
ERV
Boaz also gathered ten of the elders of the city. He told them, “Sit here!” So they sat down.
EASY
Boaz chose ten of the town's leaders and he said to them, ‘Come and sit here.’ So they sat down.
EHV
Then Boaz chose ten men from the elders of the town, and he said, “Sit down here!” They too sat down.
ESV
And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
ESVUK
And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
EXB
Boaz gathered ten of the elders of the city and told them, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.
GNV
Then he took ten men of the Elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
GW
Then Boaz chose ten men who were leaders of that city and said, “Sit here.” So they also sat down.
GNT
Then Boaz got ten of the leaders of the town and asked them to sit down there too. When they were seated,
HCSB
Then Boaz took 10 men of the town’s elders and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.
ICB
Boaz gathered ten of the old men who were leaders of the city. He told them, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.
ISV
Boaz selected ten of the town elders and spoke to them, “Sit down here.” So they sat down
JUB
Then he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, Sit down here. And they sat down.
KJV
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
AKJV
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
LSB
Then he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
LEB
And he took ten men from the elders of the city and said, “Sit here.” And they sat.
TLB
Then Boaz called for ten of the chief men of the village and asked them to sit as witnesses.
MSG
Boaz then gathered ten of the town elders together and said, “Sit down here with us; we’ve got some business to take care of.” And they sat down.
MEV
Then Boaz took ten men from among the elders of the town and said, “Sit here.” So they sat down.
NOG
Then Boaz chose ten men who were leaders of that city and said, “Sit here.” So they also sat down.
NABRE
Then Boaz picked out ten of the elders of the town and asked them to sit nearby. When they had done this,
NASB
Then he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
NASB1995
He took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
NCB
He gathered ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down,” and they sat down.
NCV
Boaz gathered ten of the elders of the city and told them, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.
NET
Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.
NIRV
Boaz brought ten of the elders of the town together. He said, “Sit down here.” So they did.
NIV
Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
NIVUK
Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, ‘Sit here,’ and they did so.
NKJV
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
NLV
And Boaz took ten of the leaders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down.
NLT
Then Boaz called ten leaders from the town and asked them to sit as witnesses.
NRSVA
Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, ‘Sit down here’; so they sat down.
NRSVACE
Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, ‘Sit down here’; so they sat down.
NRSVCE
Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here”; so they sat down.
NRSVUE
Then Boaz took ten men of the elders of the town and said, “Sit down here,” so they sat down.
OJB
And he took a minyan of the zekenim of the town, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
RGT
Then he took ten men from the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here.” And they sat down.
RSV
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here”; so they sat down.
RSVCE
And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here”; so they sat down.
TLV
Then Boaz took ten of the town’s elders and said, “Sit down here,” so they sat down.
VOICE
Before he spoke further to the man, he gathered together 10 elders from the city and asked them to preside there, which they did.
WEB
Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
WYC
And Boaz took ten elder men of the city, and he said to them, Sit ye down here. And while they sat (And when they had sat down),
YLT
And he taketh ten men of the elders of the city, and saith, `Sit down here;' and they sit down.
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