Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Ruth 2:4
they answered. This tells of. time of peace, prosperity, and quiet.
they answered. This tells of. time of peace, prosperity, and quiet.
Verse Ruth 2:4. _BOAZ CAME FROM BETH-LEHEM_] This salutation between Boaz and his reapers is worthy of particular regard; he said, יהוה עמחם _Yehovah immachem_, "Jehovah be with you!" They said, יברכ...
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...
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...
_The Lord be with you_ Cf. Judges 6:12; Psalms 129:8. A religious spirit governs the relations between employer and employed on this estate....
DISCOURSE: 280 BOAZ AND HIS REAPERS Ruth 2:4. _And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee._ EVERY season sugges...
BOAZ CAME—AND SAID UNTO THE REAPERS, THE LORD BE WITH YOU— We are authorised by the events of this history to conclude, that none of them happened by chance, but by the immediate interposition of God....
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...
_AND BEHOLD, BOAZ CAME FROM BETHLEHEM, AND SAID UNTO THE REAPERS, THE LORD BE WITH YOU. AND THEY ANSWERED HIM, THE LORD BLESS THEE._ The Lord be with you. This pious salutation between the master and...
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...
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...
THE LORD BE WITH YOU. — There is a trace here of the good feeling prevailing between Boaz and his servants. Though he has come to his field to supervise the work, it is not in a fault-finding spirit,...
וְ הִנֵּה ־בֹ֗עַז בָּ֚א מִ בֵּ֣ית לֶ֔חֶם וַ
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...
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...
_With you. This blessing the Church still adopts in her service. (Worthington) --- It was customary to bless one another during harvest, Psalm cxxviii. 5, 8. (Calmet) --- Booz did, as Cato advises, Ne...
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. What a beautiful picture is here given of the simplicity of ancient...
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, BEHOLD, BOAZ CAME TO BETHLEHEM,.... Into the field, to see how his workmen went on, and performed their service, and to encourage them in it by his presence, and by his courteous language and beh...
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. Ver. 4. _And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem._] To look to his...
_And said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you_, &c. Such was the piety of ancient times, that it manifested itself even in men's civil conversation and worldly transactions, and induced them to pra...
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...
And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, to oversee the harvesting, AND SAID UNTO THE REAPERS, in a greeting which might be copied oftener, THE LORD BE WITH YOU! AND THEY, as the laudable custom of the...
IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ...
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...
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...
They expressed and professed their piety, even in their civil conversation and worldly transactions; which now so many are ashamed of, and call it hypocrisy or vain ostentation thus to do....
Ruth 2:4 Boaz H1162 came H935 (H8802) Bethlehem H1035 said H559 (H8799) reapers H7114 (H8802) LORD...
‘ And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the reapers, “YHWH be with you.” And they answered him, “YHWH bless you.” Being a good man Boaz came to see how the reaping was going, and greeted...
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 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...
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...
_Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you._ SALUTATION AND PRAYER I. That it is a commendable thing for one to salute another when they meet. II. That masters are t...
_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...
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. ⇐
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 2:4. AND BEHOLD BOAZ CAME. Not only to see the progress of the work, but also to take part in the entertainment provided for his labourers (_Wright_). THE LORD [_J...
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...
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...
1 Timothy 6:2; 2 John 1:10; 2 John 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:16;...
Said, &c — They expressed their piety, even in their civil conversation, and worldly transactions; which now so many are ashamed of....