Ruth 3:3

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ruth 3:1-18

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 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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ruth 3:3

Ruth 3:3Wash thyself, therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee.Washed, anointed, and clothedNeed we explain this washing, anointing, and clothing? Need we point to the only fountain for sin? Need we say that the holy anointing oil, which consecrates the believer in Jesus a priest and king unto God, is His own blessed Spirit? Must we define the raiment to be that robe of Divine and human righteousness combined wherewith each soul is invested which rejects its own filthy rags?... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:3

Rth 3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. Ver. 3. Wash thyself therefore. ] A sudore et sordibus, ne male oleres, from wet and filth, that thou smell not amiss, as slothful sluts use to do. And anoint thee. ] That thou mayest smell well albeit, Optime olet faemina, quae nihil olet, said one; she smelleth best, who smelleth of nothing.... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 3:3

anoint thee: 2 Samuel 14:2, Psalms 104:15, Ecclesiastes 9:8, Matthew 6:17 put thy: Esther 5:1, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 2:10 Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 12:20 - anointed Ezekiel 23:40 - thou didst Luke 7:46 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ruth 3:3

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.Raiment — Thy best raiment.Known — In so familiar a way, as thou mayest do hereafter. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

3. Wash… anoint… raiment Arrange and prepare thy person in the most attractive form, as a bride for her nuptials. read more