12Although it is true that I am near of kin, there is a kinsman-redeemer nearer than I.


In Context

9 "Who are you?" he asked. "I am your servant Ruth," she said. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer."

10 "The Lord bless you, my daughter," he replied. "This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

11 And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character.

12 Although it is true that I am near of kin, there is a kinsman-redeemer nearer than I.

13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to redeem, good; let him redeem. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning."

14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, "Don't let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor."

Ruth 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however, there is a kinsman nearer than I.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And now it is true that I am a near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: yet there is a kinsman nearer than I.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And now, surely, true, that I am a redeemer, but also there is a redeemer nearer than I.