Ruth 3:6-9

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:6

Rth 3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. Ver. 6. And she went down unto the floor. ] Though a woman, and a stranger, yet she ventureth hard: where desire is, there nothing can hinder or abate the spirit, or daunt the heart. a a Bernard. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:7

Rth 3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. Ver. 7. And when Boaz had eaten and drunk. ] More freely than ordinary; as at such a feast he might. God alloweth his people an honest affluence, and "there is a time to be merry." And his heart was merry. ] Heb., Good; that is, frolic and free from cares. At the end of the heap of corn. ] See Trapp on " Rth... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:8

Rth 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. Ver. 8. That the man was afraid. ] Timor est constrictio cordis ex sensu mali instantis. Fear is a passion of the soul, shrinking in itself from some imminent evil. The Greeks call it δειμα , quasi ligamentum, a bond: quasi gelu astringit, saith Nazianzen, it binds up the heart as a frost doth the earth. Boaz might possibly fear that it was some evil spirit that had... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ruth 3:9

Rth 3:9 And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou [art] a near kinsman. Ver. 9. Spread therefore thy skirt. ] Tostatus thinketh that by this speech she desired him to lie with her; which is gross. Rather, hereby she desired him to marry her - see Ezekiel 16:8 , - and as a husband to nourish and cherish her; Eph 5:29 and he understandeth her no otherwise, as appeareth by his answer. For thou art a near... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 3:6

and did: Exodus 20:12, Proverbs 1:8, John 2:5, John 15:14 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 3:7

his heart: Genesis 43:34, Judges 16:25, Judges 19:6, Judges 19:9, Judges 19:22, 2 Samuel 13:28, Esther 1:10, Psalms 104:15, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:12, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 8:15, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Ecclesiastes 10:19, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Ephesians 5:18 went to lie: Such was the simplicity of those early times, that the most wealthy persons looked after their own affairs, both at home and in the field. These threshing-floors were covered at top to keep off the rain, but... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ruth 3:9

Ruth: Ruth 2:10-1 Chronicles :, 1 Samuel 25:41, Luke 14:11 spread therefore: Hebrew "spread thy wing;" the emblem of protection; and a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mother from birds of prey. Even to the present day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his talith over her, to signify that he has taken her under his protection. Ezekiel 16:8 a near kinsman: or, one that has right to redeem, Ruth 3:12, Ruth 2:20 Reciprocal: Leviticus... read more

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