Ruth 3:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² It is true that I am your near kinsman; however, there is a kinsman nearer than I.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹² 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

¹² Neither do I deny myself to be a near relative, but there is another nearer than I.

Ruth 3:12 Cross References

Ruth 4:1

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Matthew 7:12

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

Ruth 3:13

Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.

Ruth 2:20

And Na-o´mi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Na-o´mi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

Ruth 4:4

and I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.