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The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:3

Ruth, having obtained the consent of her mother-in-law, went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. That is, she "went forth," viz; from the city, "and came to the cornfields, and gleaned." "There are some," says Lawson, "whose virtue and industry lie only in their tongues. They say, and do not. But Ruth was no less diligent in business than wise in resolution." The later Jews had a set of fantastic bylaws concerning gleaning, detailed by Maimonides. One of them was, that if... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:3

Her hap. Words could hardly be more suggestive than these. They may be applied to circumstances in the life of every one of us. There have been turning-points in our history; we took one path rather than another, and with results (as we now see) how momentous to ourselves! So was it with Ruth of Moab, the gleaner. I. MANY OF OUR ACTIONS ARE PERFORMED WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT OR INTENTION REGARDING THEIR RESULTS . In ordinary affairs how often do we decide and act... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:1

A kinsman - More literally “an acquaintance”; here (and in the feminine, Ruth 3:2) denoting the person with whom one is intimately acquainted, one’s near relation. The next kinsman of Ruth 2:20, etc. גאל gā'al, is a wholly different word.Boaz - Commonly taken to mean, “strength is in him” (compare 1 Kings 7:21). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:2

Ruth 2:2. Let me go to the field and glean Which was permitted to the poor and the stranger, Leviticus 19:9; Deuteronomy 24:19. And Ruth was neither ashamed to confess her poverty, nor would she eat the bread of idleness. After him in whose sight I shall find grace Perhaps she did not know that poor strangers had a right to glean as well as the poor of Israel; or rather, out of her great modesty, she would not claim it as a right, but as a favour, which she would humbly and thankfully... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:3

Ruth 2:3. Her hap was, &c. It was a chance in appearance, and in reference to second causes, but ordered by God’s providence. God wisely orders small events, even those that seem altogether contingent. Many a great affair is brought about by a little turn, fortuitous as to men, but designed by God. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

2:1-4:22 START OF A NEW LIFE IN ISRAELRuth works in the field of Boaz (2:1-23)Back in Israel it soon became clear that God was in control of affairs in the lives of the two widows. According to Israelite law, when a farmer reaped his harvest he was not to send his workers through the field a second time to pick up the odd stalks of grain that the reapers dropped. These were to be left for the poor, who would follow the reapers and glean what grain they could (Leviticus 23:22; Deuteronomy... read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

gleaned. Compare Leviticus 19:9 , Leviticus 19:10 ; Leviticus 23:22 .Deuteronomy 24:19 . hap. From Anglo-Saxon, good luck = happy. Hebrew "her chance chanced". Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 2:1

RUTH'S SUCCESS AS A GLEANERGLEANING IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ (RUTH 2:1-7)"And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his names was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. And she went, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:2

2. Ruth . . . said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean—The right of gleaning was conferred by a positive law on the widow, the poor, and the stranger (see on :- and :-). But liberty to glean behind the reapers [ :-] was not a right that could be claimed; it was a privilege granted or refused according to the good will or favor of the owner. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:3

3. her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz—Fields in Palestine being unenclosed, the phrase signifies that portion of the open ground which lay within the landmarks of Boaz. :-. HE TAKES KNOWLEDGE OF HER, AND SHOWS HER FAVOR. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 2:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:3

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