Ruth 3:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 7 And she said: Behold he hath given me six measures of barley: for he said: I will not have thee return empty to thy mother in law. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is true that I am your near kinsman; however, there is a kinsman nearer than I. American Standard Version (1901) And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. Common English Bible Now, although it’s certainly true that I’m a redeemer, there’s a redeemer who is a closer relative than I am. Catholic Public Domain Version Neither do I deny myself to be a near relative, but there is another nearer than I. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I. |
5 For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.
This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman, and behold this night he winnoweth barley in the threshingfloor.
6 And came to her mother in law; who said to her: What hast thou done, daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
8 And Noemi said: Wait my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said.
He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego.
And he said to the ancients and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of the hand of Noemi: