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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:1-18

Chapter 3Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? And now is not Boaz of our family, with whose maidens you have been working? Behold, he winnows the barley tonight in the threshingfloor. So wash yourself, put on your perfume, and your beautiful gown, and get down to the threshingfloor: but don't let them see you, until they have finished eating and drinking. And it shall be when he lies down to sleep, that you mark... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 3:1-18

Ruth 3:3 . Anoint thee. Oil was used on many occasions because it gave a lustre to the countenance. Psalms 104:15. Matthew 6:10. Ruth 3:4 . Mark the place. The Hebrews were what we now call gentlemen farmers; yet they would aid their servants in watching the corn. Boaz gave them rest at night, that they might work by day. Ruth 3:9 . I am Ruth thine handmaid; spread thy skirt; take me for thy wife, because thou art the near kinsman of my late husband. Clandestine marriages were never... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:8

Rth 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. Ver. 8. That the man was afraid. ] Timor est constrictio cordis ex sensu mali instantis. Fear is a passion of the soul, shrinking in itself from some imminent evil. The Greeks call it δειμα , quasi ligamentum, a bond: quasi gelu astringit, saith Nazianzen, it binds up the heart as a frost doth the earth. Boaz might possibly fear that it was some evil spirit that had... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 3:8

And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.At midnight — He did not discover her sooner. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:8

8. The man was afraid Finding the covering of his feet removed, he feared that robbers might have entered his floor; but not knowing what was the matter he turned himself, that is, bent over or forward, to see and feel who or what the intruder was. read more

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:1-18

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 3:1-18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:8

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 3:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 3:8

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