Verse List for RUTH 3:12

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) It is true that I have a responsibility towards your family, but there’s another man who’s more closely related to you all than me.

OET-LV And_now if/because truly if/because wwww[fn] am_a _kinsman-redeemer I and_also there_is a _kinsman-redeemer near more_than _I.

ULT And now, it is indeed true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is also a kinsman-redeemer nearer than I.

UST However, while it is true that I am one of Elimelek’s close relatives and, therefore, could be responsible for you and Naomi, there is another man who is a closer relative than I am. He is the one who is actually responsible for you.

BSB & MSB Yes, it is true that I [am] a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.[fn]

OEB Now it is true that I am a near relative, but there is another man nearer than I.

WEBBE & WMBB Now it is true that I am a near kinsman. However, there is a kinsman nearer than I.

MSG ^(10-13)He said, “God bless you, my dear daughter! What a splendid expression of love! And when you could have had your pick of any of the young men around. And now, my dear daughter, don’t you worry about a thing; I’ll do all you could want or ask. Everybody in town knows what a courageous woman you are—a real prize! You’re right, I am a close relative to you, but there is one even closer than I am. So stay the rest of the night. In the morning, if he wants to exercise his customary rights and responsibilities as the closest covenant redeemer, he’ll have his chance; but if he isn’t interested, as God lives, I’ll do it. Now go back to sleep until morning.”

NET Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

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

FBV However, even though I'm one of your family redeemers, there's one who is more closely related than I am.

T4T But there is one problem. Although it is true that I am a close relative of your mother-in-law’s dead husband, there is another man who is a closer relative than I am, and therefore he should be the one to marry you and take care of you.

LEB Now truly I am a redeemer, but there is also a redeemer of a closer relationship than me.

BBE Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.

Moff No Moff RUTH book available

JPS And now it is true that I am a 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.

DRA Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.

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

Drby 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.

RV And now it is true that I am a near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
(And now it is true that I am a near kinsman/relative: howbeit/yet there is a kinsman/relative nearer than I.)

SLT And now that truly if I a blood relation: and also there is a blood relation nearer than I.

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

KJB-1769 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
(And now it is true that I am thy/your near kinsman/relative: howbeit/yet there is a kinsman/relative nearer than I.)

KJB-1611 And now it is true, that I am thy neare kinseman: howbeit there is a kinseman nearer then I.
(And now it is true, that I am thy/your near kinsman/relative: howbeit/yet there is a kinsman/relative nearer then I.)

Bshps And it is true that I am of thy next kinne, howbeit there is one nier then I.
(And it is true that I am of thy/your next kin, howbeit/yet there is one nigher/nearer then I.)

Gnva And now, it is true that I am thy kinsman, howbeit there is a kinsman neerer then I.
(And now, it is true that I am thy/your kinsman/relative, howbeit/yet there is a kinsman/relative neerer then I.)

Cvdl Trueth it is now, yt I am a nye kynsma, but there is one nyer then I.
(Truth it is now, it I am a nigh/near kynsma, but there is one nigher/nearer then I.)

Wycl And Y forsake not, that Y am of nyy kyn, but another man is neer than Y;
(And I forsake not, that I am of nigh/near kyn, but another man is nigher/nearer than I;)

Luth Nun, es ist wahr, daß ich der Erbe bin; aber es ist einer näher denn ich.
(Now, it is true, that I the/of_the heritage bin; but it is one/a näher because/than I.)

ClVg Nec abnuo me propinquum, sed est alius me propinquior.[fn]
(Neither abnuo me relative, but it_is another me closer.)

UHB וְ⁠עַתָּה֙ כִּ֣י אָמְנָ֔ם כִּ֥י [fn] גֹאֵ֖ל אָנֹ֑כִי וְ⁠גַ֛ם יֵ֥שׁ גֹּאֵ֖ל קָר֥וֹב מִמֶּֽ⁠נִּי׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ νῦν ὁ ἀληθῶς ἀγχιστεὺς ἐγώ εἰμι· καί γε ἐστὶν ἀγχιστεὺς ἐγγίων ὑπὲρ ἐμέ.

BrTr And now I am truly akin to thee; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I.