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Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

2IN THE FIELD OF BOAZRuth 1:19-22; Ruth 2:1-23WEARY and footsore the two travellers reached Bethlehem at length, and "all the city was moved about them." Though ten years had elapsed, many yet remembered as if it had been yesterday the season of terrible famine and the departure of the emigrants. Now the women lingering at the well, when they see the strangers approaching, say as they look in the face of the elder one, "Is this Naomi?" What a change is here! With husband and sons, hoping for... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

CHAPTER 2 Gleaning in the Field 1. Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:1-3 ) 2. Grace shown to Ruth by Boaz (Ruth 2:4-17 ) 3. Ruth hears concerning Boaz (Ruth 2:18-23 ) Boaz comes now upon the scene. His name means “in Him is strength.” He is called “a mighty man of wealth.” As the kinsman-redeemer he is a beautiful type of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one in whom there is strength, the rich one. Ruth knows at first little of him and the coming relationship with the wealthy... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Ruth 2:18

2:18 And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she [g} brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.(g) That is, from her bag, as it is in the Chaldee text. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

RUTH AND THE MAN OF GREAT WEALTH (vv. 1-23) Verse 1 of this chapter introduces us to Boaz, a man of great wealth who is clearly a type of the Lord Jesus. Besides being wealthy, he was a close relative of Naomi, though at this time Ruth did not know it.The Lord Jesus has a close relationship to Israel too, though Israel has for centuries ignored this, not realizing that all their blessings depend on this Redeemer. Ruth, with lovely energy of faith, desiring support for her mother-in-law as... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

BACK TO THE HOMELAND Ruth 1:0 This beautiful story is an event occurring during the Judges (Ruth 1:1 ), but separated from the former to give prominence to the genealogical record with which it concludes (Ruth 4:18-22 ), showing Ruth an ancestress of David and hence of Jesus Christ. The story is so simply told that it needs only the briefest comments. Elimelech and his family are called “Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah” (1:2) for the reason that Ephrath was originally the name of Bethlehem... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ruth 2:1-23

Boaz a Type of Christ Ruth 2:0 BOAZ was not only a forerunner but a type of Christ. As compared with some of the greater luminaries of the Bible, Boaz was but a secondary star; yet, in two aspects, he is amongst the brightest lights in the Biblical constellation. Even socially, Boaz is a man worth knowing quite a healthy soul, the winds of heaven getting well around him, and the sunshine falling amply into every fold and crevice of his gracious life. Boaz had fields, and lived much in the open... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ruth 2:18

And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. Believers love to spread abroad the savor of Jesus' name; and, as the apostle speaks, are ready to distribute, and willing to communicate. 1 Timothy 6:18 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:17-23

17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2 John 1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ruth 2:18-23

The Pleasure of Naomi v. 18. And she took it up and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought forth, from a pocket or from a special package, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed, the amount of roasted grain which she had saved from her plentiful meal in the field. v. 19. And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today, and where wroughtest thou? This was a question of astonishment at the large quantity... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ruth 2:18-23

Ruth 2:18-23The Beginning of the Blessing18And she took it up, and went [came] into the city: and her mother-in-law saw22 what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved 19[left over] after she was sufficed [satisfied]. 19And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest23 thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge [friendly notice] of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s... read more