Ruth 4:14-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 4:13-22

Here is, I. Ruth a wife. Boaz took her, with the usual solemnities, to his house, and she became his wife (Ruth 4:13), all the city, no doubt, congratulating the preferment of a virtuous woman, purely for her virtues. We have reason to think that Orpah, who returned from Naomi to her people and her gods, was never half so well preferred as Ruth was. He that forsakes all for Christ shall find more than all with him; it shall be recompensed a hundred-fold in this present time. Now Orpah wished... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:14

And the women said unto Naomi ,.... The inhabitants of Bethlehem, as they fell into her company; or perhaps these were the women that were called to the labour of Ruth, and attended the birth of the child: blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman ; a grandchild born to her that day. In Moab she was bereaved of her husband and of two sons; but now she is not left without a relation, a kinsman, and a redeemer, for which the women blessed God, and stirred her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:15

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life ,.... Of the joys, pleasures, and comforts of it, which she had been deprived of through the death of her husband and her two sons, ever since which she had lived a sorrowful life; all the comfort she had was from her daughter-in-law, and now a grandchild being born to her of her would be a means of restoring comfort to her mourning sorrowful spirit, and give her pleasure in those years in which she did not expect any: and a nourisher of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:13-22

Little Obed. A birth, and in particular a first birth, in the homes of the "excellent of the earth" is always an interesting and exciting event. What multitudes of beginnings there are in childhood! What multitudes of buds and beautiful rose-buddings! What possibilities and uncertainties! What wonderful littlenesses of hands and feet, and other organs, all so marvelously harmonized and complete! What wondrous and wondering eyes, looking, and still looking, as if they would really read your... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:14

And the women said to Naomi, Blessed he Yahveh, who has given thee a kinsman this day! May his name become famous in Israel. Of course it is Ruth's son who is the kinsman referred to, the nearest kinsman, still nearer than Boaz. The kinsman was given, said the women, "this day," the day when the child was born. The expression which we have rendered, "who has given thee a kinsman," is, literally, "who has not caused to fail to thee a kinsman." The sympathetic women who had gathered together... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:14-17

The benevolent happiness of old age. The story of Ruth closes amidst domestic prosperity and happiness, and amidst neighborly congratulations. And it is observable that Naomi, whose trials and sorrows interest us so deeply at the commencement of this book, appears at its close radiant with renewed happiness: her daughter-in-law a mother, she herself a grand-parent, surrounded by rejoicing neighbors, expressing their congratulations, and invoking blessing upon her and those dear to her. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:15

And may he be to thee a restorer of life, and for the support of thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law, who loved thee, hath borne him, and she is better to thee than seven sons. The number seven suggested an idea of fullness, completeness, perfection. The whole inhabitants of the city knew that Ruth's love to her mother-in-law had been indeed transcendent, and also that it had been transcendently returned. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ruth 4:14

Without a kinsman - i. e. Boaz, not the infant Obed. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:14

Ruth 4:14. The women said unto Naomi After Ruth’s delivery. Which hath not left thee without a kinsman The words may be rendered, who hath not made, or suffered, thy kinsman to fail thee; that is, to refuse to perform his duty to thee and thine, as the other kinsman did. The Hebrew גאל , goel, which we translate kinsman, properly belonged to Boaz, and not to his son who was born; and yet the women seem to speak this with a reference to the child, which probably induced the Arabic... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:15

Ruth 4:15. A restorer of thy life Of the comfort of thy life, such a comfort as to make thee, in some sort, young again. For they hoped the child would inherit his mother’s virtues, and particularly her affection to Naomi, which was so surpassing, that it made her a greater blessing to her than a great many children of her own body would have been. Better than seven sons See how God sometimes makes up the want of those relations from whom we expected most comfort, in those from whom we... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ruth 4:13-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ruth 4:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:13-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:14-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ruth 4:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ruth 4:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 4:15

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