ルツ記 3:8-13 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:6-13

Here is, I. Boaz's good management of his common affairs. It is probable, according to the common usage, 1. When his servants winnowed, he was with them, and had his eye upon them, to prevent, not their stealing any of his corn (he had no reason to fear that), but their waste of it through carelessness in the winnowing of it. Masters may sustain great losses by servants that are heedless, though they be honest, which is a reason why men should be diligent to know the state of their own flocks,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:8

And it came to pass at midnight ,.... So long Boaz slept without knowledge of any person being at his feet, and so long Ruth had lain there; but awaking, and perceiving something at his feet, which pressed them, it made him look about and feel, and so affected him: that the man was afraid ; though a man, and a man of spirit, he was afraid, a panic seized him, not knowing but it might be a spectre, a spirit, or a demon, as Jarchi; and such an instance we have in history F19 Alex. ab... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:9

And he said, who art thou ?.... He spoke quick and short, as one displeased, or however surprised and frightened, just coming out of sleep, and in the night: and she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid ; that had gleaned in his fields with his maidens, and with whom he had conversed there, and knew her by name: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid ; which seems to account for the reason of her uncovering his feet, or turning up the skirt of his garment that was upon them; not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:10

And he said, blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter ,.... Instead of calling her an immodest woman for laying herself down at his feet, and a bold impudent woman, she being poor, to ask marriage of him; and instead of being angry with her, and chiding and reproving her for disturbing and frightening him in the night, he blesses her, and pray's to God to bless her, and prosper her in what she had engaged, and in a kind and loving manner calls her his daughter: for thou hast showed more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, fear not ,.... Either of being forced and defiled, to which he had exposed herself by lying down at a man's feet, or of being reproached as an immodest woman for so doing, or of being despised as a poor woman, and of not succeeding in her suit and enterprise: and I will do to thee all that thou requirest ; which could be done according to the law of God, and without injury to another person after mentioned: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:12

And now it is true, that I am thy near kinsman ,.... Her husband and he being brothers' sons, so own cousins: howbeit, there is a kinsman nearer than I , who was, the Jews say F23 Midrash Ruth, ut supra. (31. 4. & 34. 2) Jarchi in loc. , the brother of her husband's father, and so his uncle, which was a nearer relation than an own cousin. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:13

Tarry this day ,.... Or lodge here tonight, where she was; this he said not from any design upon her, but for her own safety and honour, that she might not be exposed to danger or disgrace, by returning home at such an unseasonable time of night. The first letter in the word for "tarry" is larger than usual in the Hebrew text; which may be done to raise the attention of the reader, to observe it as a thing very singular, that a widow should lodge with a man without any diminution of her... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:8

The man was afraid , and turned himself - The verb ילפת yillapheth , which we render he turned himself, has puzzled even the Targumist, who translates the clause thus: "The man trembled, and his flesh became like a (boiled) turnip through fear." It is fully evident Boaz had no intimation of the present proceedings. To this verse the Targumist adds much; he says, "Boaz subdued his concupiscence, and acted towards her as Joseph did to the Egyptian wife of his master, and as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:9

Spread therefore thy skirt over thine hand maid - Hebrew, Spread thy wing. The wing is the emblem of protection, and is a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mothers, that they may be saved from birds of prey. The meaning here is, Take me to thee for wife; and so the Targum has translated it, Let thy name be called on thy handmaid to take me for wife, because thou art the redeemer; i.e., thou art the גאל goel , the kinsman, to whom the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:10

In the latter end than at the beginning - It is not easy to find out what Boaz means. Perhaps חסד chesed , which we translate kindness, means piety; as if he had said: Thou hast given great proof of thy piety in this latter instance, when thou hast avoided the young, and those of thy own age, to associate thyself with an elderly man, merely for the purpose of having the Divine injunction fulfilled, viz., that the brother, or next akin, might take the wife of the deceased,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:6-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:10

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