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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ruth 2:14-23

Kindness to the Stranger Ruth 2:14-23 From the time of the Exodus, kind and thoughtful references are made to the strangers within the gates, Deuteronomy 5:14 ; Deuteronomy 10:19 . These injunctions found beautiful exemplification in Boaz. How careful should be we who live on a higher level, so far as the knowledge of God is concerned, that we exceed the ancient Hebrews in tender regard for the lonely and bereaved! A desolate woman, whose husband had met with an accident, and was without... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

The women went home to poverty, where the practical problems of life faced them. These were, of course, rendered the more difficult by the fact that Ruth was a Moabitess. Yet she it was who faced the fight and went forth as a gleaner to gather what would suffice for their present sustenance. The human side of things is beautifully expressed in the words, "Her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz." All the issues reveal the divine overruling. In this story of Ruth... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 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 what she had left after she had had sufficient.’ Ruth then returned home and showed Naomi what she had gleaned, and she also gave her what remained of the parched grain that she had been given at mealtime. She ‘brought forth’ (‘drew out’) the spare parched grain, probably out of a kind of pocket that she had made with her robe. read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

Ruth 2:1-Isaiah : . The Meeting of Boaz and Ruth.— Naomi’ s “ kinsman”— quite a different word from the “ near kinsman” (goë l) of Ruth 2:20— is introduced in Heb. words which sometimes denoted “ a wealthy man,” and sometimes “ a valiant man,” so that a peaceful farmer like Boaz is characterised in the same terms as warriors like Gideon and Jephthah ( Judges 6:12; Judges 11:1). The name Boaz may mean “ in Him is strength.” Ruth 2:2 . It was a custom, and it became a law, in Israel that the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ruth 2:18

Or, that which she had left of her fulness, or after she was satisfied. She did eat as much as she desired of what she had gleaned, and her mother, as I suppose, with her, and the residue she gave to her mother to lay up for future use. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 2:18-23

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Her mother-in-law saw. With astonishment at the quantity evidently. And she brought forth. And she showed (Vulgate, Syr.-Arab., Wright, Lange). Brought forth out of a wallet (Targum). Drew out of her pocket, as the Chaldee has correctly supplied (Keil). That she had reserved. Of the parched corn (see Ruth 2:14). After she was sufficed. Satisfied (Lange). Lit. From her satiety (Morison).Ruth 2:19. Where wroughtest thou? Where didst thou procure? (Dr. Cassel). Where... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

Ruth 1-4 The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four chapters. It gives us a glimpse of everyday life in Bethlehem; in home and in harvest-field, in its general gossip and its law-suits, more than three thousand years ago. I. Glancing back over the lines of this sweet and pure pastoral idyll, we feel that rarely did human story more impressively demonstrate the unspeakable worth of lowly folk, the fine and favourable issues of seemingly suppressed lives, the hidden wealth of true and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

Chapter 2Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz ( Ruth 2:1 ).So Elimelech had, and in the fourth chapter Boaz calls him, "our brother Elimelech," so a relation, perhaps a full brother, perhaps a half-brother who became a very wealthy man, a mighty man of wealth.And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean the ears of corn [after that which I must] after him in whose sight I shall find grace.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:1-23

Ruth 2:7 . Let me glean. She modestly asked this as a favour, which the law itself had allowed the poor. Ruth 2:10 . She fell on her face, honouring Boaz as a prince and venerable father. Ruth 2:14 . Dip thy morsel in the vinegar. The Israelites used a vinegar made of wine, to cool the body, and counteract the effects of hard labour and excessive heat. It was mostly mixed with a proportion of oil to give it an agreeable flavour. Ruth 2:17 . An ephah contained ten omers, or about... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 2:18

Ruth 2:18She took it up, and went into the city.Careful of the fruit of labourIt is no less necessary to be careful of the fruit of our labours than to labour with diligence. “In all labour there is profit,” says the wise man; yet there are some that labour for the wind. They lose what they have wrought because they suffer it, through their carelessness, to slip through their fingers. This folly, however, is much less frequent in things relating to the body than in those which relate to the... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ruth 2:14-23

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:18

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ruth 2:18

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ruth 2:18-23

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:1-23

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 2:18

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