Ruth 3:12 KJV — MannaFest

Ruth 3:12

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

And 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.

About this book

Old Testament

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Ruth — A Moabite widow's loyalty to her Israelite mother-in-law during the days of the judges. Four chapters, four acts, chiastically arranged — emptying and filling, gleaning and threshing floor, gate and genealogy into David.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel
Date: Events in the days of the judges (1:1); compilation likely in the Davidic period (given the closing genealogy)

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7 verses on the floor

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.
Ruth 3:9
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
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 2:1
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

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Yet he does not bid her go herself to this other kinsman; this would have been to put too great a hardship upon her: but he promises, [1.] That he would himself propose it to the other kinsman, and know his mind. The Hebrew word for a widow signifies one that is dumb.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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