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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:17-23

17-23 It encourages industry, that in all labour, even that of gleaning, there is profit. Ruth was pleased with what she gained by her own industry, and was careful to secure it. Let us thus take care that we lose not those things which we have wrought, which we have gained for our souls' good, 2 John 1:8. Parents should examine their children, as Naomi did, not to frighten or discourage them, so as to make them hate home, or tempt them to tell a lie; but to commend them if they have done well,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ruth 2:18-23

The Pleasure of Naomi v. 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, from a pocket or from a special package, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed, the amount of roasted grain which she had saved from her plentiful meal in the field. v. 19. And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today, and where wroughtest thou? This was a question of astonishment at the large quantity... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ruth 2:18-23

Ruth 2:18-23The Beginning of the Blessing18And she took it up, and went [came] into the city: and her mother-in-law saw22 what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved 19[left over] after she was sufficed [satisfied]. 19And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest23 thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge [friendly notice] of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

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 2:19

‘ And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where have you wrought? Blessed be he who took notice of you.” And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, “The man’s name with whom I wrought today is Boaz.” Naomi seemingly gathered from the quantity of grain that Ruth had brought that someone had been especially kind towards her (‘blessed be he who took notice of you’), and asked her where she had been working, and in whose field she had been... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:20

‘ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of YHWH, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.” And Naomi said to her, “The man is near of kin to us, one of our near kinsmen.” At this Naomi’s heart rejoiced, for she saw in it the hand of YHWH, recognising by it that He had overlooked neither her and Ruth, nor her dead husband and sons. It appeared to her that YHWH had taken note of their plight and had the intention after all of producing sons to carry on the... 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 2:20

And to the dead, i.e. which he formerly showed to those who are now dead, to wit, my husband and his sons whilst they were living, and now continues to us, their wives, who are now alive. One of our next kinsmen; Heb. one of our redeemers, or avengers, to whom it belongs to avenge our persons, and to redeem our lands, and to marry thee, the widow and relict of his next kinsman, as is expressed, Ruth 3:9. She saith one of them, not that there were many who were immediately such, but that he was... 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