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Verse Ruth 2:9. _THE YOUNG MEN THAT THEY SHALL NOT TOUCH THEE_] This
was peculiarly necessary, as she was a stranger and unprotected....
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AFTER THEM - i. e. “after my maidens.” The fields not being
divided by hedges, but only by unplowed ridges, it would be easy for
her to pass off Boaz’s land without being aware of it, and so find
hers...
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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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_after them_ i.e. the maidens Ruth 2:8, who followed the reapers and
did the binding....
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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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_LET THINE EYES BE ON THE FIELD THAT THEY DO REAP, AND GO THOU AFTER
THEM: HAVE I NOT CHARGED THE YOUNG MEN THAT THEY SHALL NOT TOUCH THEE?
AND WHEN THOU ART ATHIRST, GO UNTO THE VESSELS, AND DRINK OF...
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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 m...
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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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HAVE DRAWN. — Literally, _shall_ (_from time to time_)_ draw._
Possibly from that self-same well at Bethlehem from which David
desired to drink (2 Samuel 23:15)....
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עֵינַ֜יִךְ בַּ † שָּׂדֶ֤ה אֲשֶׁר
־יִקְצֹרוּן֙ וְ הָלַ֣כְתְּ
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן הֲ לֹ֥וא צִוִּ֛יתִי אֶת
־הַ...
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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 ho...
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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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(c) [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and go thou
after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch
thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and d...
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_Thee. The men tied the corn after the female reapers, (Calmet) and
Ruth was authorized to follow, close at their heels, without fear.
(Haydock) --- The waters. This is not expressed in Hebrew but it...
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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...
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LET THINE EYES BE UPON THE FIELD THAT THEY DO REAP, AND GO THOU AFTER
THEM,.... And gather up the loose ears of corn dropped and left by
them:
HAVE I NOT CHARGED THE YOUNG MEN THAT THEY SHALL NOT TOU...
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Ruth 2:9 [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and go
thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not
touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels,...
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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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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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THAT THEY SHALL NOT TOUCH THEE, so as to offer any incivility or
injury to thee. _Touching_ is oft taken for hurting, GENESIS 26:11
PSALMS 105:15....
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Ruth 2:9 eyes H5869 field H7704 reap H7114 (H8799) go H1980 (H8804)
after H310 commanded H6680 (H8765) men H5288 touch H5060 (H8800)
thirsty H6770 (H8804) go H1980 (H8804) vessels H3627 drink H8354
(H...
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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 2:1...
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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 person...
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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.
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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 Corinthians 7:1; 1 John 5:18; Genesis 20:6; Genesis 24:18; Job
19:21; John 4:7; Matthew 10:42; Proverbs 6:29; Psalms 105:15...
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Touch — So as to offer any incivility or injury to thee....