Ruth 3:12
“And now it is true, that I am thy neare kinseman: howbeit there is a kinseman nearer then I.”
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Ruth 3:12 Context
10And hee said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindnesse in the latter ende, then at the beginning, in as much as thou followedst not yong men, whether poore, or rich. 11And now my daughter, feare not, I will doe to thee all that thou requirest: for all the citie of my people doeth know, that thou art a vertuous woman. 12And now it is true, that I am thy neare kinseman: howbeit there is a kinseman nearer then I. 13Tary this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if hee will performe vnto thee the part of a kinseman, well, let him doe the kinsemans part; but if hee will not doe the part of a kinseman to thee, then will I doe the part of a kinseman to thee, as the Lord liueth: lie downe vntill the morning. 14¶ And shee lay at his feete vntill the morning: and she rose vp before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be knowen, that a woman came into the floore.
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And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
- King James Version
"Now it is true I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.
- Basic English Bible
And now, truly I am one that has the right of redemption, yet there is one that has the right of redemption who is nearer than I.
- Darby Bible
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: yet there is a kinsman nearer than I.
- Webster's Bible
Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.
- World English Bible
And now, surely, true, that I [am] a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible