²³ Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

¹ And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.

¹⁸ You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

⁴ A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

¹⁹ Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

¹¹ And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;

⁷ When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

⁷ Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.