Bible verse

Ruth 3:12

Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.

Ruth 3:12 · BSB

Ruth 3:12 in context

The verses around it, from Ruth 3.

8 At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!

9 “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

10 Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

11 And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.

12 Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.

13 Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”

14 So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

15 And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

16 When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.

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Ruth 3:12 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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