Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ruth 3:10
Thou hast shewed more kindness ... - Literally, “Thou hast made thy last kindness better than the first.” Her last kindness was her willingness to accept Boaz for her husband, advanced in years as he was.
Thou hast shewed more kindness ... - Literally, “Thou hast made thy last kindness better than the first.” Her last kindness was her willingness to accept Boaz for her husband, advanced in years as he was.
Verse Ruth 3:10. _IN THE LATTER END THAN AT THE BEGINNING_] It is not easy to find out what Boaz means. Perhaps חסד _chesed_, which we translate _kindness_, means piety; as if he had said: Thou hast...
CHAPTER 3 AT THE FEET OF BOAZ _ 1. Naomi instructs Ruth (Ruth 3:1)_ 2. At his feet (Ruth 3:6) 3. The discovery (Ruth 3:8) 4. The six measures of barley ...
RUTH 3. BOAZ AS A GOË L. Elimelech and his two sons were dead. Would any member of the family have enough right and proper feeling to save his name from extinction? The nearest relative was in this ca...
_thou hast shewed more kindness_ At the outset Ruth had shewn her piety towards her mother in law (Ruth 2:11); now she shews it towards her husband's family. She has declined to seek a second marriage...
HE SAID, BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD— Nothing can be more honourable than the testimony which Boaz gives in this and the next verse to the character of Ruth; which, while it removes all suspicions fro...
_Ruth Speaks to Boaz Ruth 3:6-13_ 6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to...
_AND HE SAID, BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD, MY DAUGHTER: FOR THOU HAST SHEWED MORE KINDNESS IN THE LATTER END THAN AT THE BEGINNING, INASMUCH AS THOU FOLLOWEDST NOT YOUNG MEN, WHETHER POOR OR RICH._ B...
THE APPEAL TO BOAZ 1. Marriages are always arranged by the parents in Eastern lands; here, of course, the mother-in-law must intervene. 2-7. Grain is winnowed in the evening, to avoid the heat of the...
THERE IS A *REDEEMER BOOK OF RUTH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are notes on the Bible text. CHAPTER 3 V1 Naomi, Ruth’s husband’s mother, said to her, ‘My daughter, I am looking for a hom...
BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD. — This answer of Boaz’s is in itself a sufficient proof of the view he took of her conduct, and of the integrity of his own. We note, too, that this blessing follows immed...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר בְּרוּכָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ לַֽ יהוָה֙ בִּת
THE HAZARDOUS PLAN Ruth 3:1 HOPE came to Naomi when Ruth returned with the ephah of barley and her story of the rich man's hearty greeting. God was remembering His handmaiden; He had not shut up His...
THE PART OF A KINSMAN Ruth 3:1 According to the old Hebrew law, Ruth was already married to Boaz, on the supposition that he was next of kin. Naomi apparently had no knowledge of a nearer kinsman tha...
Necessarily, gleaning as a means of livelihood can last only through harvest time. Consequently, Naomi was anxious about the future, especially Ruth's future. As the outcome of this anxiety we have th...
And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter: [for] thou hast (d) shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or ri...
_Thy latter kindness; viz., to thy husband deceased, in seeking to keep up his name and family, by marrying his relation according to the law, and not following after young men: for Booz, it seems, wa...
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. (11)...
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...
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...
AND HE SAID, BLESSED BE THOU OF THE LORD, MY DAUGHTER,.... Instead of calling her an immodest woman for laying herself down at his feet, and a bold impudent woman, she being poor, to ask marriage of h...
And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter: [for] thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich....
_More kindness in the latter end than in the beginning_ Both to thy deceased husband, the continuance of whose name and memory thou seekest, and to thy mother-in-law, whose commands thou hast punctual...
1 By Naomi her instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz his feete. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a kinseman. 14 He sendeth her away with sixe measures of barley. 1 THEN Naomi her mother in law said v...
BOAZ PROMISES FAVORABLE ACTION...
And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter; for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. She...
RUTH CLAIMING THE PROTECTION OFBOAZ (vv. 1-18) The time had now come for Naomi to give pertinent advice to Ruth.She seeks security (or "rest") for her daughter-in-law, reminding her that Boaz is the...
6-13 What in one age or nation would be improper, is not always so in another age or another nation. Being a judge of Israel, Boaz would tell Ruth what she should do; also whether he had the right of...
THOU HAST SHOWED MORE KINDNESS; both to thy deceased husband, the continuance of whose name and memory thou preferrest before the satisfaction of thy own lust; and to thy mother-in-law, whose commands...
Ruth 3:10 said H559 (H8799) Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 daughter H1323 shown H3190 (H8689) kindness...
‘ And he said, “Blessed be you of YHWH, my daughter. You have shown more kindness (love) in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you did not follow young men, whether poor or rich.” Boaz...
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...
CONTENTS: Ruth rests at the feet of Boaz. CHARACTERS: God, Ruth, Boaz, Naomi. CONCLUSION: The married state should be a state of rest, when wandering affections are fixed in one who is fit, both tem...
Ruth 3:3. _Anoint thee._ Oil was used on many occasions because it gave a lustre to the countenance. Psalms 104:15; Matthew 6:10. Ruth 3:4. _Mark the place._
_Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter _. .. _ I will do to thee all that thou requirest _ THE FIRST-FRUITS OF GRACE The passage before us gives a copious illustration of the first-fruits of grac...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 3:1 Scene 3: Ruth, at the Threshing Floor, Asks Boaz to Marry Her. This is the second crucial encounter between Ruth and Boaz. ⇐...
RUTH—NOTE ON RUTH 3:10 THIS LAST KINDNESS. That is, Ruth claiming Boaz as her redeemer (v. Ruth 3:9). Boaz was impressed that Ruth was not merely seeking marriage with eligible...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 3:7. AND WHEN BOAZ. Illustrates the simplicity of ancient patriarchal times and manners (_Lange_). The owners of the crops came every night and slept upon their th...
EXPOSITION RUTH 3:1 AND NAOMI, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, SAID TO HER, MY DAUGHTER, SHALL NOT I SEEK OUT FOR THEE A REST, THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH THEE? When Ruth had nothing more to do on the harvest-fields...
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? And now is not Boaz of our family, with whose maidens you have been working? Beh...
1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 13:5; Ruth 1:8; Ruth 2:20; Ruth 2:4...
Shewed kindness — Both to thy deceased husband, the continuance of whose name and memory thou seekest; and to thy mother — in — law, whose commands thou hast punctually obeyed. Followedst not — To see...