Ruth 1:10 NIV

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ruth 1:1-22

Ruth 1:4 We strain our eyes to know something of the long line of the purple hills of Moab, which form the background at once of the history and of the geography of Palestine. It is a satisfaction to feel that there is one tender association which unites them with the familiar history and scenery of Judaea that from their recesses, across the deep gulf which separates the two regions, came the gentle ancestress of David and the Messiah. Stanley. References. I. 6-22. S. Cox, The Book of Ruth,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-13

NAOMI’S BURDENRuth 1:1-13LEAVING the Book of Judges and opening the story of Ruth we pass from vehement outdoor life, from tempest and trouble into quiet domestic scenes. After an exhibition of the greater movements of a people we are brought, as it were, to a cottage interior in the soft light of an autumn evening, to obscure lives passing through the cycles of loss and comfort, affection and sorrow. We have seen the ebb and flow of a nation’s fidelity and fortune, a few leaders appearing... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ruth 1:1-22

Analysis and Annotations CHAPTER 1 The Story of Naomi: Orpah and Ruth 1. Naomi and her sorrows (Ruth 1:1-5 ) 2. The return (Ruth 1:6-13 ) 3. Orpah turning back, Ruth cleaving (Ruth 1:14-18 ) 4. Naomi and Ruth in Bethlehem (Ruth 1:19-22 ) The story begins with a famine. Elimelech, “my God is king,” and Naomi, “pleasant,” leave Bethlehem, “the house of bread,” to go to the land of Moab, the heathen country. The story ends in Bethlehem with a marriage. Naomi far from the land, in... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:1-22

DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF FAMINE (vv. 1-5) A famine was in the land of Israel. Why? Because the literal famine was to draw attention to the spiritual famine that came before it, a famine for hearing the words of God. Though Israel suffered from the spiritual famine, they did not feel it. So God sent them something they would feel! The famine was felt even in Bethlehem of Judah. Bethlehem means "the house of bread," where, of all places, there ought not to be a famine. But we too, though we are... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-22

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 1:1-18

Rth 1:1-18 Wordsworth. The Preacher's Homiletical Commentary thus describes the scene of action: At first Bethlehem, then Moab, then Bethlehem and the regions around once again. Bethlehem, two short hours' journey south of Jerusalem. The most attractive and significant of all the world's birthplaces (Schubert). Under ordinary circumstances a fruitful land. Remarkably well watered in comparison with other parts of Palestine (Benjamin of Tudela). Even in the present state of Palestine,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Ruth 1:1-22

The Character of Naomi Ruth 1:0 "IS this Naomi?" ( Rth 1:19 ) literally, is this the Naomi? the reference being to a person well known, and well known because of quality and station. The name was known to every one as the name of a lady of notable degree who had been obliged to give way to circumstances that were irresistible, and who had therefore become poor, dispossessed even of bread, and sent away in great distress to undergo what would seem to be the chief punishment which Heaven... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ruth 1:10

And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. There is something captivating, even to natural affections, in the first view of religion. Nature, as in the case of these two Moabitish daughters, could not but feel a desire to be among God's people. But alas! though nature feels, and is compelled to allow the superiority of grace, yet the mere feelings of nature, originating only in nature, can never rise above its source. When the spring ceases to flow, the streams dry... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:6-14

6-14 Naomi began to think of returning, after the death of her two sons. When death comes into a family, it ought to reform what is amiss there. Earth is made bitter to us, that heaven may be made dear. Naomi seems to have been a person of faith and piety. She dismissed her daughters-in-law with prayer. It is very proper for friends, when they part, to part with them thus part in love. Did Naomi do well, to discourage her daughters from going with her, when she might save them from the idolatry... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ruth 1:6-22

The Return of Naomi with Ruth v. 6. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for it was understood that the younger women were merely to accompany her for some distance, perhaps to the boundary of the country; for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited His people, in mercy, in giving them bread, in delivering them from the ravages of the famine. v. 7. Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, where... read more