Ruth 3:12 - Modern English Version

¹² Now it is true that I am a redeeming kinsman. Yet there is another redeemer closer than I am.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

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 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 7:12

Therefore, everything you would like men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and that no man take advantage of and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Ruth 2:20

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed of the Lord who has not withdrawn His kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “This man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeeming relatives.”

Ruth 3:11

So now, my daughter, do not worry. All that you ask me, I will do for you. All of my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of noble character.

Ruth 3:13

Stay here tonight, and in the morning if he wants to redeem you, very well. Let him do so. Yet if he does not want to redeem you, then I will redeem you. I will, as the Lord lives! Sleep here until morning.”

Ruth 4:1

So Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom he had spoken, passed by. So Boaz said, “Come over, friend, and sit here.” So he went over and sat down.

Ruth 4:4

I thought I should inform you and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so that I know, for there is no one prior to you to redeem it, and I am next after you.’ ” So he said, “I will redeem it.”