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Ruth 4:2

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

KJV

Tollens autem Booz decem viros de senioribus civitatis, dixit ad eos : Sedete hic.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔλαβεν Βόος δέκα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τῆς πόλεως καὶ εἶπεν Καθίσατε ὧδε· καὶ ἐκάθισαν.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יִּקַּ֞ח עֲשָׂרָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים מִ/זִּקְנֵ֥י הָ/עִ֖יר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁבוּ פֹ֑ה וַ/יֵּשֵֽׁבוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֶ֣שֶׂר
'shr
adjective · 174×
פֹּ֖ה
ph
adverb · 82×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:8 — So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
  • Acts 6:12 — And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
  • Exod 21:8 — If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
  • Lam 5:14 — The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
  • Prov 31:23 — Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.