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Verse Ruth 3:10. _IN THE LATTER END THAN AT THE BEGINNING_] It is not
easy to find out what Boaz means. Perhaps חסד _chesed_, which we
translate _kindness_, means piety; as if he had said: Thou hast...
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THOU HAST SHEWED MORE KINDNESS ... - Literally, “Thou hast made thy
last kindness better than the first.” Her last kindness was her
willingness to accept Boaz for her husband, advanced in years as he...
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CHAPTER 3 AT THE FEET OF BOAZ
_ 1. Naomi instructs Ruth (Ruth 3:1)_
2. At his feet (Ruth 3:6)
3. The discovery (Ruth 3:8)
4. The six measures of barley ...
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RUTH 3. BOAZ AS A GOË L. Elimelech and his two sons were dead. Would
any member of the family have enough right and proper feeling to save
his name from extinction? The nearest relative was in this ca...
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_thou hast shewed more kindness_ At the outset Ruth had shewn her
piety towards her mother in law (Ruth 2:11); now she shews it towards
her husband's family. She has declined to seek a second marriage...
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HE SAID, BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD— Nothing can be more honourable
than the testimony which Boaz gives in this and the next verse to the
character of Ruth; which, while it removes all suspicions fro...
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_Ruth Speaks to Boaz Ruth 3:6-13_
6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her
mother-in-law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went
to...
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THE APPEAL TO BOAZ
1. Marriages are always arranged by the parents in Eastern lands;
here, of course, the mother-in-law must intervene.
2-7. Grain is winnowed in the evening, to avoid the heat of the...
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THERE IS A *REDEEMER
BOOK OF RUTH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text.
CHAPTER 3
V1 Naomi, Ruth’s husband’s mother, said to her, ‘My daughter, I
am looking for a hom...
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BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD. — This answer of Boaz’s is in itself
a sufficient proof of the view he took of her conduct, and of the
integrity of his own. We note, too, that this blessing follows
immed...
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וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר בְּרוּכָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ לַֽ
יהוָה֙ בִּת
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THE HAZARDOUS PLAN
Ruth 3:1
HOPE came to Naomi when Ruth returned with the ephah of barley and her
story of the rich man's hearty greeting. God was remembering His
handmaiden; He had not shut up His...
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THE PART OF A KINSMAN
Ruth 3:1
According to the old Hebrew law, Ruth was already married to Boaz, on
the supposition that he was next of kin. Naomi apparently had no
knowledge of a nearer kinsman tha...
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Necessarily, gleaning as a means of livelihood can last only through
harvest time. Consequently, Naomi was anxious about the future,
especially Ruth's future.
As the outcome of this anxiety we have th...
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And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter: [for] thou
hast (d) shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,
inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or ri...
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_Thy latter kindness; viz., to thy husband deceased, in seeking to
keep up his name and family, by marrying his relation according to the
law, and not following after young men: for Booz, it seems, wa...
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And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast
showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch
as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. (11)...
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FROM: LECTURES INTRODUCTORY TO THE EARLIER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT.
W. Kelly.
That the book of Ruth stands most fitly in the place where it is
actually found must have been felt by the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4.
The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there
was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in
the o...
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AND HE SAID, BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD, MY DAUGHTER,.... Instead of
calling her an immodest woman for laying herself down at his feet, and
a bold impudent woman, she being poor, to ask marriage of h...
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And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter: [for] thou
hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,
inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich....
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_More kindness in the latter end than in the beginning_ Both to thy
deceased husband, the continuance of whose name and memory thou
seekest, and to thy mother-in-law, whose commands thou hast punctual...
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1 By Naomi her instruction,
5 Ruth lieth at Boaz his feete.
8 Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a kinseman.
14 He sendeth her away with sixe measures of barley.
1 THEN Naomi her mother in law said v...
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BOAZ PROMISES FAVORABLE ACTION...
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And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter; for thou hast
showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch
as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. She...
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RUTH CLAIMING THE PROTECTION OFBOAZ
(vv. 1-18)
The time had now come for Naomi to give pertinent advice to Ruth.She
seeks security (or "rest") for her daughter-in-law, reminding her that
Boaz is the...
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6-13 What in one age or nation would be improper, is not always so in
another age or another nation. Being a judge of Israel, Boaz would
tell Ruth what she should do; also whether he had the right of...
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THOU HAST SHOWED MORE KINDNESS; both to thy deceased husband, the
continuance of whose name and memory thou preferrest before the
satisfaction of thy own lust; and to thy mother-in-law, whose commands...
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Ruth 3:10 said H559 (H8799) Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 daughter
H1323 shown H3190 (H8689) kindness...
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‘ And he said, “Blessed be you of YHWH, my daughter. You have
shown more kindness (love) in the latter end than at the beginning,
inasmuch as you did not follow young men, whether poor or rich.”
Boaz...
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RUTH 1-4
The Book of Ruth is a love-story told in four Chapter s. 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...
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CONTENTS: Ruth rests at the feet of Boaz.
CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Boaz, Naomi.
CONCLUSION: The married state should be a state of rest, when
wandering affections are fixed in one who is fit, both tem...
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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._
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_Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter _. .. _ I will do to thee
all that thou requirest _
THE FIRST-FRUITS OF GRACE
The passage before us gives a copious illustration of the first-fruits
of grac...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 3:1 Scene 3: Ruth, at the Threshing Floor, Asks
Boaz to Marry Her. This is the second crucial encounter between Ruth
and Boaz.
⇐...
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RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 3:10 THIS LAST KINDNESS. That is, Ruth claiming
Boaz as her redeemer (v. Ruth 3:9). Boaz was impressed that Ruth was
not merely seeking marriage with eligible...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 3:7. AND WHEN BOAZ. Illustrates
the simplicity of ancient patriarchal times and manners (_Lange_). The
owners of the crops came every night and slept upon their th...
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EXPOSITION
RUTH 3:1
AND NAOMI, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, SAID TO HER, MY DAUGHTER, SHALL NOT I
SEEK OUT FOR THEE A REST, THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH THEE? When Ruth had
nothing more to do on the harvest-fields...
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Then 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? Beh...
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1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 13:5; Ruth 1:8; Ruth 2:20; Ruth 2:4...
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Shewed kindness — Both to thy deceased husband, the continuance of
whose name and memory thou seekest; and to thy mother — in — law,
whose commands thou hast punctually obeyed. Followedst not — To see...