ruth-2:10-13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:13

Ruth 2:13. She said, Let me find favour Or, I find favour, &c. For it is evidently an acknowledgment of the kindness she had already received, and not a petition for a further kindness. Though I be not like, &c. That is, though I have not deserved it, being a person more mean, obscure, and necessitous, than one of thy handmaidens A stranger, and one born of heathen parents, and not of the holy and honourable people of Israel, as they are. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

2:1-4:22 START OF A NEW LIFE IN ISRAELRuth works in the field of Boaz (2:1-23)Back in Israel it soon became clear that God was in control of affairs in the lives of the two widows. According to Israelite law, when a farmer reaped his harvest he was not to send his workers through the field a second time to pick up the odd stalks of grain that the reapers dropped. These were to be left for the poor, who would follow the reapers and glean what grain they could (Leviticus 23:22; Deuteronomy... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 2:10

take knowledge. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), put for "caring for". App-6 . stranger = foreigner. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 2:12

work . . . reward . . . trust. Note the order of these three words for a spiritual application. wings. By Figure of speech Anthropopatheia ( App-6 ) attributed to Jehovah; denoting His tender care. trust = flee for refuge. Hebrew. hasah. App-69 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 2:13

friendly = to the heart. though I be not. Or, Oh that I might be. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ruth 2:10

Ruth 2:10. That thou shouldest take knowledge of me— To take knowledge, in Scripture, frequently signifies to shew kindness, and is the effect of finding grace, 1:e. favour with any one. The reason of this favour from Boaz to Ruth is mentioned in the next verses, which give us a favourable idea of Boaz. The phrase in the 12th verse, under the wings of the Lord, which is very usual with the Psalmist, is a metaphor taken from the Cherubim, whose wings spread over and covered the mercy-seat. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ruth 2:13

Ruth 2:13. Though I be not like unto one of thy handmaidens— Nothing can be more amiable than this humility of Ruth. Extolling the favour of Boaz to her to the utmost, she, as it were, annihilates herself; professing, that, stranger as she was, and of an idolatrous country, she considered herself as far inferior in condition to one of his meanest maid-servants. Blessed are they who humble themselves, for they shall be exalted! Houbigant renders this passage, would I might be one of thy... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ruth 2:8-13

2. The maidservant of Boaz 2:8-13Boaz called Ruth his daughter (Ruth 2:8) because she was considerably younger than he (Ruth 3:10) and because of his affection for her. He explained why he felt as he did for her in the following verses. Normally the poor migrated from field to field to glean. However, Boaz graciously made Ruth one of his maidservants (Ruth 2:8-9; Ruth 2:13), so she would not leave his field, and so he could provide for her needs more easily and fully."Boaz is hereby instituting... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

Ruth the Gleaner1. Boaz] (’quickness’) was a kinsman of Elimelech’s. We are not informed of the precise degree of relationship. Here and at Ruth 3:2 he is designated an ’acquaintance.’ It is by no means certain that we are to think of him as a mighty man of wealth’; the phrase here employed sometimes points out a capable, active man (1 Kings 11:28; Nehemiah 11:14). The Targum is of course wrong in explaining it by ’a man strong in the Law’—an explanation which reminds us of Apollos, ’mighty in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ruth 2:10

(10) A stranger.—A foreigner. Note, however, that the Moabite language, though having its own peculiarities, really differed but little from Hebrew, as may be seen, for instance, from the famous inscription of King Mesha discovered in the land of Moab in 1868. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ruth 2:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ruth 2:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 2:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 2:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ruth 2:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ruth 2:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ruth 2:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ruth 2:8-13

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ruth 2:1-23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ruth 2:10

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