Ruth 4:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have acquired from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to maintain the dead man’s name on his inheritance, in order that the name of the dead may not be cut off from his kindred and from the gate of his native place; today you are witnesses.” 11 Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;
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Ruth 4:9-11
New International Version
9 Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses(A) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(B) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(C) 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.(D) Today you are witnesses!(E)”
11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(F) said, “We are witnesses.(G) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(H) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(I) and be famous in Bethlehem.(J)
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