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.

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11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(A) said, “We are witnesses.(B) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(C) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(D) and be famous in Bethlehem.(E)

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Wisdom is inaccessible to[a] a fool;(A)
he does not open his mouth at the city gate.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:7 Lit is too high for

Saying 23

Wisdom is too high for fools;
    in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

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16 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your city gates.

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16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth(A) to each other, and render true and sound judgment(B) in your courts;(C)

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