“Now it is true that I am a near kinsman. However, there is a kinsman nearer than I.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ruth 3 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.