John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 1:12
Rth 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; Ver. 12. Turn again, my daughters. ] A probational persuasion, as Ruth 1:8 , that she might sound them to the bottom. For I am too old to have an husband. ] Second marriages are not unlawful: but thought of death is enough to forbid the bans of such marriage. Cogita te quotidie moriturum et nunquam de... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 1:11
Rth 1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Ver. 11. Turn again, my daughters. ] Though she were but their step-mother, yet, as one stepped in to be instead of a natural mother, she calleth them her daughters. It is good policy to preserve an opinion of our love in the hearts of those whom we would persuade to any good, and to speak them fair. Why will ye go with me? ] q.d., Go not,... read more