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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 2:1-3

Naomi had now gained a settlement in Bethlehem among her old friends; and here we have an account, I. Of her rich kinsman, Boaz, a mighty man of wealth, Ruth 2:1. The Chaldee reads it, mighty in the law. If he was both, it was a most rare and excellent conjunction, to be mighty in wealth and mighty in the scriptures too; those that are so are mighty indeed. He was grandson of Nahshon, who was prince of the tribe of Judah in the wilderness, and son of Salmon, probably a younger son, by Rahab,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's ,.... That was her kinsman by her husband's side, who now lived at Bethlehem; and yet it does not appear that Naomi made any application to him for assistance in her circumstances, though well known to her, as the word used signifies; which might arise from her modesty, and being loath to be troublesome to him, especially as he was a relation, not of her own family, but of her husband's; but, what is more strange, that this kinsman had taken no notice... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi ,.... After they had been some little time at Bethlehem, and not long; for they came at the beginning of barley harvest, and as yet it was not over, nor perhaps for some time after this; and knowing and considering the circumstances they were in, and unwilling to live an idle life, and ready to do any thing for the support of her life, and of her ancient mother-in-law; which was very commendable, and showed her to be an industrious virtuous woman: she... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:3

And she went, and came ,.... That is, she went out of the house where she was, and out of the city, and came into the field; though, according to the Midrash F16 Midrash Ruth, fol. 31. 4. Vid. Jarchi & Alshech in loc. , she marked the ways as she went, before she entered into the field, and then came back to the city to observe the marks and signs she made, that she might not mistake the way, and might know how to come back again: and gleaned in the field after the reapers ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:1

A mighty man of wealth - We have already seen that some suppose Boaz to have been one of the judges of Israel; he was no doubt a man of considerable property. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:2

Glean ears of corn - The word glean comes from the French glaner , to gather ears or grains of corn. This was formerly a general custom in England and Ireland; the poor went into the fields and collected the straggling ears of corn after the reapers; and it was long supposed that this was their right, and that the law recognized it. But although it has been an old custom, I find that it is now settled, by a solemn judgment in the court of common pleas, that a right to glean in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:3

And her hap was - So she was accidentally or providentially led to that part of the cultivated country which belonged to Boaz. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:1

EXPOSITION IT is by way of introduction to the remaining narrative that the writer says:— And Naomi had, on her husband's side, a friend. The C'tib reading מְיֻדַּע (absolute מְיֻדָע ) is much to be preferred to the K'ri מוֹדַע . But מְיֻדָּע is ambiguous in import. It primarily means known , well-known , acquainted , an acquaintance (see Job 19:14 ; Psalms 55:13 ; Psalms 88:8 , Psalms 88:18 ). But as intimate acquaintances, especially in a primitive and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:1-9

The harvest-field. RUTH WAS EAGER TO WORK (see Ruth 2:2 ). 1. Work is honorable; it is wholesome; inspiriting too; the best antidote to ennui . If not immoderate, nothing is so efficacious in giving full development to man's physique ; nothing is so potent to put reins upon passions, and a curb on the tendency to morbid imaginations. All great men and women have been diligent workers. Jesus worked. He who is his Father and ours "worketh hitherto." 2. Ruth did... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me go, I pray thee, to the cornfields, that I may glean among the ears after whosoever shall show me favor. In modern style one would not, in referring, at this stage of the narrative, to Ruth, deem it in the least degree necessary or advantageous to repeat the designation "the Moabitess." The repetition is antique, and calls to mind the redundant particularization of legal phraseology—"the aforesaid Ruth, the Moabitess." She was willing and wishful... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 2:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:2

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