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Ruth 3:12

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3:12Now yes, it is true that44 I am a guardian,45 but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

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Footnotes

  1. 44 The sequence כִּי אָמְנָם כִּי אִם (ki ’omnam ki ’im; Kethib) occurs only here in the OT, as does the sequence כִּי אָמְנָם כִּי (Qere). It is likely that כִּי אִם is dittographic (note the preceding sequence כִּי אָמְנָם). The translation assumes that the original text was simply the otherwise unattested וְעַתָּה כִּי אָמְנָם, with אָמְנָם and כִּי both having an asseverative (or emphatic) function.
  2. 45 Sometimes translated “redeemer” (also later in this verse). See the note on the phrase “guardian of the family interests” in v. .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And now it is true that I am a redeemer. Yet there is a redeemer nearer than I.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yes, it is true that I am a family redeemer, but there is a redeemer closer than I am.

NLTNew Living Translation

But while it’s true that I am one of your family redeemers, there is another man who is more closely related to you than I am.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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