Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ruth 2:13
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.
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.
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...
FRIENDLY. to the heart. THOUGH. BE NOT. Or, Oh that. might be....
_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...
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; profe...
_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...
_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...
2:13 to (g-26) Lit. 'spoken to the heart of.' handmaid, (h-28) Or 'bondwoman.'...
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...
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...
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...
FRIENDLY. — Literally, _unto the heart._ The same phrase is rendered _comfortably_ (Isaiah 40:2)....
וַ֠ תֹּאמֶר אֶמְצָא ־חֵ֨ן בְּ עֵינֶ֤יךָ אֲדֹנ
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...
_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)_...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
LET ME FIND FAVOR: Or, I find favor FRIENDLY: _ Heb._ to the heart...
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...
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...
Ruth 2:13 said H559 (H8799) find H4672 (H8799) favor H2580 sight H5869 lord H113 comforted H5162 ...
‘ 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...
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...
_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?...
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.—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_...
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...
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 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Samuel 16:4; Genesis 33:10; Gene
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...