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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face This was the humblest posture of reverence, either civil, when performed to men, or religious, when to God. And thus she shows both the lowliness of her mind and her gratitude. That thou shouldest take knowledge of me That is, shouldest so much as notice me, and especially show me any respect or kindness.

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See also Ruth 2:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ruth 2:10. _THEN SHE FELL ON HER FACE_] Prostrated herself, as was the custom in the East when inferiors approached those of superior rank. The _Targum_ adds to the conversation between Ruth an...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SHE FELL ON HER FACE - With Oriental reverence (compare Genesis 33:3, and the marginal reference)....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TAKE KNOWLEDGE. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), put for "caring for". App-6. STRANGER. foreigner....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _take knowledge of me_ with kindly purpose, Ruth 2:19; Psalms 142:4. A stranger had no right or claims on protection in a foreign land. The Hebr. has a subtle play on the two words _take knowledge of...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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 th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SHE FELL ON HER FACE, AND BOWED HERSELF TO THE GROUND, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY HAVE I FOUND GRACE IN THINE EYES, THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF ME, SEEING I AM A STRANGER?_ No JFB comment...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:10 foreigner? (f-34) Or 'stranger.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 inscript...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תִּפֹּל֙ עַל ־פָּנֶ֔יהָ וַ תִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ א

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a (d) stranger? (d) Of the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Country. St. Elizabeth was impressed with similar sentiments, when she was visited by the blessed Virgin; (Haydock) and so was David, when he considered the wonderful condescension of God, Psalm viii....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? How surprising ar...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SHE FELL ON HER FACE, AND BOWED HERSELF TO THE GROUND,.... In great humility, and under a deep sense of the favour done her, and as showing the greatest respect, in a civil manner, she was capabl...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger? Ver. 10. _Then...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then she fell on her face, bowing down deeply, so as to touch the ground with her forehead, in recognition of his kindness, AND BOWED HERSELF TO THE GROUND, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY HAVE I FOUND GRACE I...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SHE FELL ON HER FACE: this was the humblest posture of reverence; either civil, when performed to men, or religious, when to God. See Genesis 18:2, Genesis 33:3 42:6 Matthew 2:11;...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ruth 2:10 fell H5307 (H8799) face H6440 down H7812 (H8691) ground H776 said H559 (H8799) found...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your sight, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?” Ruth was filled with...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground._ THE LOWLY ATTITUDE OF A GRATEFUL HEART I. what deep and touching humility is expressed here. II. what affectionate gratitude is here....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:1 Scene 2: Ruth Gleans in Boaz’s Field. This encounter between Ruth and Boaz in the harvest field is one of their two crucial meetings. ⇐

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 2:10 FOUND FAVOR. Ruth wonders why Boaz would act so kindly toward her. Ruth calls herself a FOREIGNER, but because of her loyalty to Naomi and to the Lord she has become a sojourner...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RUTH 2:10 RUTH did not seize the opportunity for bewailing the hardship of the lot to which she had been reduced, and which now constrained her to undertake a species of work which at one...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 25:23; 2 Samuel 19:28; 2 Samuel 9:8; Genesis 18:2; Isaiah 56

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Fell — This was the humblest posture of reverence, either civil when performed to men, or religious, when to God. Take knowledge — That is, shew any respect and kindness to me....

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