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Verse Ruth 2:8. _ABIDE HERE FAST BY MY MAIDENS_] These were probably
employed in making _bands_, and laying on them enough to form a
_sheaf_, which the binders would tie and form into _shocks_ or
_thr...
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The grammatical forms of the verbs “go hence” and “abide,” are
unique and Chaldaic. They are supposed to indicate the dialect used at
Bethlehem in the time of Boaz....
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CHAPTER 2 GLEANING IN THE FIELD
_ 1. Ruth gleaning in the field of Boaz (Ruth 2:1)_
2. Grace shown to Ruth by Boaz (Ruth 2:4)
3. Ruth hears concerning Boaz (Ruth 2:18)
Boaz comes now upon the scene...
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THE MEETING OF BOAZ AND RUTH. Naomi's kinsman quite a different word
from the near kinsman (goë l) of Ruth 2:20 is introduced in Heb.
words which sometimes denoted a wealthy man, and sometimes a valia...
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FAST. Anglo-Saxon. steadfast: i.e. cleave to....
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_The Kindness of Boaz Ruth 2:8-16_
8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by
my maidens:
9 Let thine ey...
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_THEN SAID BOAZ UNTO RUTH, HEAREST THOU NOT, MY DAUGHTER? GO NOT TO
GLEAN IN ANOTHER FIELD, NEITHER GO FROM HENCE, BUT ABIDE HERE FAST BY
MY MAIDENS:_
Abide here fast by my maidens. The reaping was p...
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RUTH THE GLEANER
1. 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 me...
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THERE IS A *REDEEMER
BOOK OF RUTH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text.
CHAPTER 2
V1 Elimelech had been Naomi’s husband. Boaz was a *relation of
Elimelech. Boaz was a...
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MY DAUGHTER. — This address suggests that Boaz was no longer a young
man; clearly the account he had heard of Ruth, both from his servant
and from general report, as well as her appearance and behavio...
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וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ בֹּ֨עַז אֶל ־ר֜וּת הֲ
לֹ֧וא
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GLEANING AFTER THE REAPERS
Ruth 2:1
In great desolation of soul, Naomi had returned. She was no longer the
happy woman of earlier days. Ruth also must sometimes have experienced
the depression of hom...
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The women went home to poverty, where the practical problems of life
faced them. These were, of course, rendered the more difficult by the
fact that Ruth was a Moabitess. Yet she it was who faced the...
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Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by
my maidens: (9) Let thine eyes be on the field that they do rea...
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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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THEN SAID BOAZ UNTO RUTH,.... Having heard what the servant said
concerning her, he turned himself to her, and addressed her in the
following manner:
HEAREST THOU NOT, MY DAUGHTER? meaning not what t...
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Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by
my maidens:
Ver. 8. _Hearest thou not, my daughter?_] _q.d., _...
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_Abide here by my maidens_ Not by the young men, to avoid both
occasion of sin, and matter of scandal. Herein he shows his piety and
prudence. _That they shall not touch thee_ So as to offer any
inciv...
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1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz.
4 Boaz taking knowledge of her,
8 sheweth her great fauour.
18 That which she got, shee carieth to Naomi.
1 AND Naomi had a kinseman of her husbands, a might...
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Then said Boaz unto Ruth, on the strength of the fine testimonial
given her by the overseer, HEAREST THOU NOT, MY DAUGHTER? He wanted to
be sure that she followed his kind directions without hesitatio...
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IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...
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RUTH AND THE MAN OF GREAT WEALTH
(vv. 1-23)
Verse 1 of this chapter introduces us to Boaz, a man of great wealth
who is clearly a type of the Lord Jesus. Besides being wealthy, he was
a close relat...
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4-16 The pious and kind language between Boaz and his reapers shows
that there were godly persons in Israel. Such language as this is
seldom heard in our field; too often, on the contrary, what is im...
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Not by the young men, to avoid both occasion of sin and matter of
scandal. Herein he shows his piety and prudence....
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Ruth 2:8 Boaz H1162 said H559 (H8799) Ruth H7327 listen H8085 (H8804)
daughter H1323 go H3212 ...
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‘ Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go
to glean in another field, nor pass from here, but remain here fast by
my maidens. Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and...
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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 serves Boaz who exercises a great kindness toward her.
CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Naomi, Boaz.
CONCLUSION: God wisely orders small events and those that seem
altogether contingent serve H...
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Ruth 2:7. _Let me glean._ She modestly asked this as a favour, which
the law itself had allowed the poor.
Ruth 2:10. _She fell on her face,_ honouring Boaz as a prince and
venerable father.
Ruth 2:14...
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_Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter?_
Go not to glean in another field.
LOVING-KINDNESS
1. There may be an hearing without an heeding.
2. Loving-kindness to necessitous persons...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—
Ruth 2:8. THEN SAID BOAZ [and Boaz said], HEAREST THOU NOT? Dost thou
hear (_i.e._, thou hearest, dost thou not? interrogatio, blande
affirmat) (_Keil_). Lit. Hast thou...
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EXPOSITION
IT is by way of introduction to the remaining narrative that the
writer says:—
RUTH 2:1
AND NAOMI HAD, ON HER HUSBAND'S SIDE, A FRIEND. The C'tib reading
מְיֻדַּע (absolute מְיֻדָע) is mu...
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Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of
the family of Elimelech; his name was Boaz (Ruth 2:1).
So Elimelech had, and in the fourth chapter Boaz calls him, "our
brother El...
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1 Samuel 3:16; 1 Samuel 3:6; 2 Kings 5:13; Matthew 10:7; Matthew 9:2;...
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Maidens — Not by the young men, to avoid both occasion of sin, and
matter of scandal. Herein he shews his piety and prudence....