Ruth 3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 3:2

he winnoweth. This was, and is to-day, the master's work. His servants plowed, sowed, and reaped. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 3:5

unto me. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, omit these words. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 3:9

thy skirt = wing (with Septuagint and Vulgate) Other codices, with two early printed editions, read "wings". "Wing" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for protective care. App-6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 3:11

thou requirest = thou shalt say. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "unto me". city. Hebrew gate, put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for the people assembling there. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 3:14

one = a man. Hebrew ' i s h . App-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 3:15

vail = mantle or cloak, worn by all peasants; only the town-women veiling the face. Compare Isaiah 3:23 . she went -he went. The verb is masculine. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "she". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 3:1

RUTH PROPOSES MARRIAGE TO BOAZNAOMI'S CLEVER PLAN FOR THE PROPOSAL (Ruth 3:1-5)"And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee? And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley tonight in the threshing-floor. Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor; but make not thyself known unto the man, until he have done eating and drinking. And it shall... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 3:6

RUTH'S OBEDIENCE AND BOAZ' FAVORABLE RESPONSE (Ruth 3:6-13)"And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all her mother-in-law bade her. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk; and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 3:14

RUTH REPORTS HER SUCCESS TO NAOMI (Ruth 3:14-18)"And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor. And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city. And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou my daughter? and she told her all that the man had... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ruth 3

CHAP. III. By Naomi's instruction, Ruth passes the night at Boaz's feet: Boaz acknowledges the right of a kinsman: Ruth relates to Naomi all that had happened. Before Christ 1376. read more

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