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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:13

Though I be not like unto one of thy handmaidens— Nothing can be more amiable than this humility of Ruth. Extolling the favour of Boaz to her to the utmost, she, as it were, annihilates herself; professing, that, stranger as she was, and of an idolatrous country, she considered herself as far inferior in condition to one of his meanest maid-servants. Blessed are they who humble themselves, for they shall be exalted! Houbigant renders this passage, would I might be one of thy handmaids!

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ruth 2:13. _NOT LIKE UNTO ONE OF THINE HAND-MAIDENS._] I am as unworthy of thy regards as any of thine own maidservants, and yet thou showest me distinguished kindness....

  • 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

    FRIENDLY. to the heart. THOUGH. BE NOT. Or, Oh that. might be....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _comforted … spoken kindly unto_ The same words in Isaiah 40:1-2. See on Judges 19:3. _though I be not_ As a stranger Ruth is not like one of his handmaidens; she has no right to expect such friendly...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN SHE FELL ON HER FACE, AND BOWED HERSELF TO THE GROUND, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY HAVE I FOUND GRACE IN THINE EYES, THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF ME, SEEING I AM A STRANGER?_ No JFB comment...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:13 to (g-26) Lit. 'spoken to the heart of.' handmaid, (h-28) Or 'bondwoman.'...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    With joyful surprise she exclaims, LET ME FIND FAVOUR IN THY SIGHT! or, rather, 'I find grace in thy sight!' There is something very beautiful in the literal meaning of the words rendered 'Thou hast s...

  • 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

    FRIENDLY. — Literally, _unto the heart._ The same phrase is rendered _comfortably_ (Isaiah 40:2)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ֠ תֹּאמֶר אֶמְצָא ־חֵ֨ן בְּ עֵינֶ֤יךָ אֲדֹנ

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Heart. This has the same meaning as the former part of the sentence. (Calmet) See Osee ii. 14. (Haydock) --- Maids, but more lowly and mean. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • 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

    THEN SHE SAID, LET ME FIND FAVOUR IN THY SIGHT, MY LORD,.... Or rather, since she had found favour in his sight already: the words are to be considered, not as a wish for it, but as acknowledging it,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens...

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

    _She said, Let me find favour_ Or, _I find favour_, &c. For it is evidently an acknowledgment of the kindness she had already received, and not a petition for a further kindness. _Though I be not like...

  • 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

    Then she said, with the same modesty which characterized her behavior throughout, LET ME FIND FAVOR IN THY SIGHT, MY LORD; FOR THAT THOU HAST COMFORTED ME, AND FOR THAT THOU HAST SPOKEN FRIENDLY, lite...

  • 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)

    LET ME FIND FAVOR: Or, I find favor FRIENDLY: _ Heb._ to the heart...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    LET ME FIND FAVOUR IN THY SIGHT; I humbly implore the continuance of thy good opinion of me, though I do not deserve it. NOT LIKE UNTO ONE OF THY HANDMAIDENS; a person more mean, and necessitous, and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ruth 2:13 said H559 (H8799) find H4672 (H8799) favor H2580 sight H5869 lord H113 comforted H5162 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ Then she said, “Let me find favour in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, although I am as one of your handmaidens.” Ruth responds 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

    _Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me._ GOOD FROM ENCOURAGING WORDS Is there not a useful suggestion in all this to persons in places of authority and influence?...

  • 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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—LET ME FIND FAVOUR. I find favour (_Le Clerc, Bertheau_). This trans. not in accordance with the modesty of humility, which Ruth manifests in the following words (_Keil_...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RUTH 2:10 RUTH did not seize the opportunity for bewailing the hardship of the lot to which she had been reduced, and which now constrained her to undertake a species of work which at one...

  • 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 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Samuel 16:4; Genesis 33:10; Gene

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Tho' I be not — I humbly implore the continuance of thy good opinion of me, though I do not deserve it, being a person more mean, necessitous, and, obscure, a stranger, and one born of heathen parents...

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