Ruth 1:6-7 NKJV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 1:6

return. This was in 1326, the year before the second jubilee (1325-1324). See App-50 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . visited. Compare Exodus 4:31 .Psalms 132:15 .Luke 1:68 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 1:6

NAOMI DECIDES TO RETURN TO BETHLEHEM (Ruth 1:6-10)"Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread. And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Jehovah deal... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 1:6

6, 7. Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab—The aged widow, longing to enjoy the privileges of Israel, resolved to return to her native land as soon as she was assured that the famine had ceased, and made the necessary arrangements with her daughters-in-law. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ruth 1:6-14

B. Naomi’s inability to provide husbands for Ruth and Orpah 1:6-14God eventually withdrew the famine from Judah (Ruth 1:6), probably in response to His people’s calling out to Him for deliverance (cf. Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Judges 4:3; Judges 6:6; Judges 10:10; Judges 16:28). This verse sounds one of the major themes of the story: Yahweh’s gracious intervention. [Note: K. Sacon, "The Book of Ruth-Its Literary Structure and Themes," Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute 4 (1978):5.] "Here... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:1-22

The Exile and the Return of Naomi1. Beth-lehem-judah] two hours’ journey S. of Jerusalem, is to be distinguished from Bethlehem in Zebulun (Joshua 19:15). It was but a short distance from Moab, which, in the days here referred to, was a fertile, highly cultivated country. Travellers still speak of it as a land of streams. Nothing short of the compulsion of famine could have induced a Hebrew to migrate into this foreign country where he would have no right of citizenship, this unclean land where... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ruth 1:6

(6) That she might return.—Literally, and she returned. Clearly, therefore, the three women actually began the journey; and when the start has been made. Naomi urges her companions to return. Then, as with Pliable in the Pilgrim’s Progress, so with Orpah: the dangers and difficulties of the way were too much for her affection.The Lord had visited His people.—The famine had ceased, and Naomi’s heart yearns for the old home. Perhaps, too, the scenes where everything reminded her of her husband... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ruth 1:7

(7) Her two daughters in law with her.—Both clearly purposing to go with Naomi to the land of Israel (Ruth 1:10), not merely to escort her a little way. Naomi had obviously won the affections of her daughters-in-law, and they were loth to part with her, since such a parting could hardly but be final. read more

William Nicoll

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