Ruth 3:12

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

Ver. 12. And now it is true. ] He easily yieldeth to the truth of her allegation, as being φιλαληθης , a lover of truth - a title given to Arrian the historian - and a promoter of it, as it is said of Vespasian.

Howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. ] Whose first right unto thee I freely acknowledge, and to whom thou shouldst first have addressed thyself. This was justice, - to give to every one his own.