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Ruth Chapter 3 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Ruth 3:12

And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
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BBE Ruth 3:12

Now it is true that I am a near relation: but there is a relation nearer than I.
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DARBY Ruth 3:12

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.
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KJV Ruth 3:12

And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
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WBT Ruth 3:12

And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: yet there is a kinsman nearer than I.
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WEB Ruth 3:12

Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.
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YLT Ruth 3:12

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And now it is the case of a truth that while I am a kinsman, there is yet a kinsman nearer than I. Or the rendering might with greater brevity be given thus: And now of a truth I am a kinsman; and yet there is a kinsman nearer than I. The survivals of a very ancient style of elaborately-detailed composition are here preserved. The archaism, however, was not quite appreciated by the Mazorites, who, in accordance with the spirit of the age in which they flourished, took but little note of the philological development, historical and prehistorical, of the language they were handling. Hence they suppressed the אִם in K'ri, though faithfully preserving it in C'tib. The particles, standing up and semi-isolated, palaeolithic-wise, might be accounted for in some such way as is shown in the following paraphrase: "And now (I declare) 'that' of a truth (it is the case) 'that if (I declare the whole truth) I (am) a kinsman, and also there is a kinsman nearer than I." Boas was of that strictly honorable cast of mind that he could not for a moment entertain any project that might amount to a disregard of the rights of others, even although these rights should fly violently in the teeth own personal desires.

Ellicott's Commentary