Ruth 1:10-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 1:1-22

1:1-22 TEN YEARS OF HARDSHIP IN MOABWhen a severe famine struck Israel, Elimelech took his wife Naomi and their two sons across the Jordan and south to the land of Moab, in the hope of finding a living there. But Elimelech died, and within ten years his two sons, who had married Moabite wives, died also (1:1-5).Naomi saw no future for herself in Moab, so, upon hearing that the famine in Israel had passed, she decided to return home. Her daughters-in-law loved her and decided to go with her to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 1:10

we will return with thee. This liberty was allowed by the laws of Khammurabi, 171-173 and 177. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 1:11

why . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ruth 1:11

ORPAH RETURNS"And Naomi said, Turn again my daughters: Why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons; would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having a husband? nay, my daughters,; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ruth 1:11

Ruth 1:11. Are there yet any more sons in my womb, &c.— Naomi refers in these words to that very ancient custom, which seems to have existed from the beginning of the world, of the brother marrying the widow of his brother when the latter has died without children. See Genesis 38:0 and Deuteronomy 25:5. There is great beauty and pathos in this natural and unadorned relation of the parting of Naomi and her daughters. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 1:11

11. are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?—This alludes to the ancient custom (Genesis 38:26) afterwards expressly sanctioned by the law of Moses (Genesis 38:26- :), which required a younger son to marry the widow of his deceased brother. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ruth 1:6-14

B. Naomi’s inability to provide husbands for Ruth and Orpah 1:6-14God eventually withdrew the famine from Judah (Ruth 1:6), probably in response to His people’s calling out to Him for deliverance (cf. Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15; Judges 4:3; Judges 6:6; Judges 10:10; Judges 16:28). This verse sounds one of the major themes of the story: Yahweh’s gracious intervention. [Note: K. Sacon, "The Book of Ruth-Its Literary Structure and Themes," Annual of the Japanese Biblical Institute 4 (1978):5.] "Here... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 1:1-22

The Exile and the Return of Naomi1. Beth-lehem-judah] two hours’ journey S. of Jerusalem, is to be distinguished from Bethlehem in Zebulun (Joshua 19:15). It was but a short distance from Moab, which, in the days here referred to, was a fertile, highly cultivated country. Travellers still speak of it as a land of streams. Nothing short of the compulsion of famine could have induced a Hebrew to migrate into this foreign country where he would have no right of citizenship, this unclean land where... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ruth 1:11

(11) The advice of Naomi thus far is insufficient to shake the affectionate resolve of the two women. She then paints the loneliness of her lot. She has no more sons, and can hope for none; nay, if sons were to be even now born to her, what good would that do them? Still her lot is worse than theirs. They, in spite of their great loss, are young, and from their mothers’ houses they may again go forth to homes of their own. She, old, childless, and solitary, must wend her weary way back to live... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ruth 1:1-22

Ruth 1:4 We strain our eyes to know something of the long line of the purple hills of Moab, which form the background at once of the history and of the geography of Palestine. It is a satisfaction to feel that there is one tender association which unites them with the familiar history and scenery of Judaea that from their recesses, across the deep gulf which separates the two regions, came the gentle ancestress of David and the Messiah. Stanley. References. I. 6-22. S. Cox, The Book of Ruth,... read more

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