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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:3

Verse Ruth 2:3. And her hap was] So she was accidentally or providentially led to that part of the cultivated country which belonged to Boaz.

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  • 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

    GLEANED. Compare Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 19:10; Leviticus 23:22.Deuteronomy 24:19. HAP. From Anglo-Saxon, good

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _her hap … Boaz_ The word for _hap_occurs in 1 Samuel 6:9 (-a chance"), 1 Samuel 20:26. Throughout the story the writer intends us to share his strong belief in Providence, over-ruling unpremeditated...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Ruth Meets Boaz Ruth 2:1-23 _Ruth Gleans in the Field of Boaz Ruth 2:1-7_ And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband'S, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ru...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SHE WENT, AND CAME, AND GLEANED IN THE FIELD AFTER THE REAPERS: AND HER HAP WAS TO LIGHT ON A PART OF THE FIELD BELONGING UNTO BOAZ, WHO WAS OF THE KINDRED OF ELIMELECH._ A part of the field bel...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:3 allotment (d-22) Lit. 'portion of [the] field.'...

  • 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

    HER HAP WAS TO LIGHT ON. — Literally, _her hap happened._ A chance in outward seeming, yet a clear shaping of her course by unseen hands. Her steps were divinely guided to a certain field, that God’s...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תֵּ֤לֶךְ וַ תָּבֹוא֙ וַ תְּלַקֵּ֣ט בַּ

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. Are not these reapers simi...

  • 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

    AND SHE WENT, AND CAME,.... That is, she went out of the house where she was, and out of the city, and came into the field; though, according to the Midrash p, she marked the ways as she went, before...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field [belonging] unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech. Ver. 3. _And she went...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Her hap was_, &c. It was a chance in appearance, and in reference to second causes, but ordered by God's providence. God wisely orders small events, even those that seem altogether contingent. Many a...

  • 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

    And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers, gathering up the ears that fell aside when the harvesters bound up the sheaves; AND HER HAP WAS, it was a providential happening for...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HAP: _ Heb._ hap happened BOAZ: Called Matthew 1:5 Booz...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-3 Observe Ruth's humility. When Providence had made her poor, she cheerfully stoops to her lot. High spirits will rather starve than stoop; not so Ruth. Nay, it is her own proposal. She speaks humb...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HER HAP WAS; for it was indeed a chance in reference to second causes, but ordered and designed by God's providence....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ruth 2:3 left H3212 (H8799) went H935 (H8799) gleaned H3950 (H8762) field H7704 after H310 reapers...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and her chance was to light on the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.' Leaving the town to...

  • 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

    _Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz._ GLEANINGS IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ 1. I learn, first, from this subject, how trouble develops character. 2. Again, I see in my text th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Let me now go to the field, and glean._ THE YOUNG TO WORK FOR THEIR PARENTS Ruth does not propose that Naomi should go with her to the field. She wished her honoured mother to enjoy the rest and eas...

  • 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 2:3 From a human point of view, Ruth just HAPPENED to be in the right place. But in fact she was there through God’s mysterious providence. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—AND NAOMI HAD A KINSMAN. According to Rabinical tradition, which is not well established however, Boaz was a nephew of Elimelech (_Keil_). Lyra saith Elimelech and Salmo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • 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 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 2 Kings 8:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Her hap — It was a chance in reference to second causes, but ordered by God's providence. God wisely orders small events, even those that seem altogether contingent. Many a great affair is brought abo...

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