Ruth 1:10

1:10 But they said to her, “No! ¹  We will ²  return with you to your people.”

Ruth 4:2

4:2 Boaz chose ten of the village leaders ³  and said, “Sit down here!” So they sat down.

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¹ tn The particle כִּי (ki) here has the force of “no, on the contrary” (see Gen 31:26; Ps 44:22; HALOT 470 s.v. II כִּי 3).

² tn Or perhaps “we want to” (so NCV, CEV, NLT), if the imperfect is understood in a modal sense indicating desire.

³ tn Heb “and he took ten men from the elders of the town.”