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Ruth 4:10-12
Christian Standard Bible
Ruth 4:10-12
Christian Standard Bible
10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name on his property, so that his name will not disappear among his relatives or from the gate of his hometown. You are witnesses today.”
11 All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah,(A) who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem. 12 May your house become like the house of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah,(B) because of the offspring the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
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Ruth 4:10-12
New International Version
Ruth 4:10-12
New International Version
10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(A) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(B) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.(C) Today you are witnesses!(D)”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(E) said, “We are witnesses.(F) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(G) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(H) and be famous in Bethlehem.(I) 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,(J) whom Tamar(K) bore to Judah.”
Ruth 4:10-12
New King James Version
Ruth 4:10-12
New King James Version
10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead through his inheritance, (A)that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from [a]his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.”
11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. (B)The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who (C)built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in (D)Ephrathah and be famous in (E)Bethlehem. 12 May your house be like the house of (F)Perez, (G)whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of (H)the offspring which the Lord will give you from this young woman.”
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- Ruth 4:10 Probably his civic office
Ruth 4:10-12
English Standard Version
Ruth 4:10-12
English Standard Version
10 Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, (A)to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.” 11 Then all the people who were (B)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, (C)who together (D)built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in (E)Ephrathah and (F)be renowned in Bethlehem, 12 and may your house be like the house of Perez, (G)whom Tamar bore to Judah, because (H)of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
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