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Ruth 4:15

RUTH—NOTE ON Ruth 4:15 Naomi had complained that the Lord had “brought me back empty” (Ruth 1:21). But now, he will be a restorer of life for her. who loves you. Ruth’s love for Naomi has been steadfast throughout the book (see Ruth 1:16). The number seven expresses completion, or fullness; this is the answer to Naomi’s complaint against God (see note on 1:20–21).

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 4 THE REDEMPTION AND MARRIAGE _ 1. The other kinsman (Ruth 4:1)_ 2. His refusal (Ruth 4:6) 3. Boaz's redemption (Ruth 4:9) 4. The marriage (R

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    RUTH 4. RUTH'S MARRIAGE. Ruth 4:1. Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story. Ruth 4:2...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _better to thee than seven sons_ Ruth has proved it by her piety towards the dead and the living. _Seven_is a round number, cf. 1 Samuel 1:8....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Ruth Bares a Song of Solomon 4:13-16_ 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Ble...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO BOAZ TOOK RUTH, AND SHE WAS HIS WIFE: AND WHEN HE WENT IN UNTO HER, THE LORD GAVE HER CONCEPTION, AND SHE BARE A SON._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH. THE BIRTH OF THEIR CHILD 1. Boaz WENT UP from the threshing floor to the open space by the city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done, where, to...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. CHAPTER 4 V1 Boaz went to the gate of the town and he sat down there. Then the other *redeemer...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A NOURISHER. — (See marginal renderings). DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. — The position of the nominative is emphatic. LOVETH. — The verb is a perfect, _which hath ever loved thee. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָ֤יָה לָךְ֙ לְ מֵשִׁ֣יב נֶ֔פֶשׁ וּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE Ruth 4:1 A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of Judges. With all the literary sk...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    IN THE LINE OF DAVID'S ANCESTRY Ruth 4:1 We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate, the pla...

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

    The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, which...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than (i) seven sons, hath born him. (i) Meani...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Comfort. Hebrew, "to make thy soul revive."_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. (15) And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, a...

  • 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 HE SHALL BE UNTO THEE A RESTORER OF THY LIFE,.... Of the joys, pleasures, and comforts of it, which she had been deprived of through the death of her husband and her two sons, ever since which she...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. Ver. 15. _And...

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

    _A restorer of thy life_ Of the comfort of thy life, such a comfort as to make thee, in some sort, young again. For they hoped the child would inherit his mother's virtues, and particularly her affect...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Boaz calleth into iudgment the next kinseman. 6 He refuseth the redemption according to the maner in Israel. 9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance. 11 He marrieth Ruth. 13 She beareth Obed the grandfath...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, to refresh and cheer up her soul, AND A NOURISHER OF THINE OLD AGE, by taking care of her in her declining years; FOR THY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WHICH LOVET...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HAPPY MARRIAGE OF BOAZ AND RUTH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ (vv. 1-12) The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came by(v. 1).At the...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    A NOURISHER: _ Heb._ to nourish THINE OLD AGE: _ Heb._ thy gray hairs...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-22 Ruth bore a son, through whom thousands and myriads were born to God; and in being the lineal ancestor of Christ, she was instrumental in the happiness of all that shall be saved by him; even o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A RESTORER OF THY LIFE, i.e. of the comfort of thy life, which was in a great measure dead and gone. HATH BORN HIM, to wit, a son; the pronoun for the noun understood, which is frequent in the Hebrew...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ruth 4:15 restorer H7725 (H8688) life H5315 nourisher H3557 (H8771) age H7872 daughter-in-law H3618 loves H157 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “ And he will be to you a restorer of life, and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.” And they assured Naomi that...

  • 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 finds reward in her marriage to Boaz. CHARACTERS: God, Boaz, Ruth, Naomi, kinsman, Obed. CONCLUSION: Fair and square dealings in all matters of contract and business is what all those...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ruth 4:1. _The gate:_ the place of justice. Job 29; Genesis 19. Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz took ten...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 4:11. WE ARE WITNESSES. The business settled without lawyers or legal casuistry (_A. Clarke_). THE LORD MAKE. The birth of children looked upon as a direct interfe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RUTH 4:1 AND BOAZ WENT UP, TO THE GATE, AND SAT THERE. He "went up," for the city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1; Ruth 3:6). "And sat there," on one of the stones,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So when Boaz rose up he went to the gate of the city, he sat down there: and, behold, the kinsman of which he was speaking came by, and he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And so he tu...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 1:8; Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Isaiah 46:4; Proverbs 18:24

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thy life — That is, of the comfort of thy life. Born him — Or, hath born to him; that is, to thy kinsman a son. Better than seven sons — See how God sometimes makes up the want of those relations from...

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