Ruth 1:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? ”

Ruth 1:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See marginal references and notes. The Levirate law probably existed among the Moabites, and in Israel extended beyond the brother in the strict sense, and applied to the nearest relations, since B...
Ruth 1:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth and Naomi. Bethlehem ceased for a time to be what its name signified a house of bread. Under stress of famine Elimelech, with his wife Naomi, left his Judæ an home, and went to sojourn in the...
Ruth 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Ruth 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Are there yet any more sons - This was spoken in allusion...
Ruth 1:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Are there yet any more sons in my womb, &c.— Naomi refers in these words to that very ancient custom, which seems to have existed from the beginning of the world, of the brother marrying the wi...
Ruth 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Are there yet any more sons ... This alludes to the a...
Ruth 1:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Exile and the Return of Naomi 1. Beth-lehem-judah] two hours' journey S. of Jerusalem, is to be distinguished from Bethlehem in Zebulun ( Joshua 19:15 ). It was but a short distance from Moab,...
Ruth 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The advice of Naomi thus far is insufficient to shake the affectionate resolve of the two women. She then paints the loneliness of her lot. She has no more sons, and can hope for none; nay, if sons w...
Ruth 1:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NAOMI'S BURDEN Ruth 1:1-13 LEAVING the Book of Judges and opening the story of Ruth we pass from vehement outdoor life, from tempest and trouble into quiet domestic scenes. After an exhibition...
Ruth 1:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Back to Bethlehem Ruth 1:1-14 It was a mistake for Elimelech and his family to have left Bethlehem; God would have sent them bread. The path became darker and darker. Mahlon means Pining and...
Ruth 1:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book of Ruth stands in striking contrast to the Book of Judges and yet is closely connected with it. In Judges the national outlook has been presented and so dark has it been as to create the imp...
Ruth 1:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me....
Ruth 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Naomi said, turn again, my daughters ,.... Supposing this resolution of theirs only arose from a natural affection, and not from any love to the God or people of Israel; at least doubting whethe...
Ruth 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? [are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Ver. 11. Turn again, my daughters. ] Though she were b...
Ruth 1:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That ye may find rest , &c. That ye may be happily settled in houses of your own, with good husbands. That they may be your husbands According to the ancient custom, ( Genesis 38:8 ,) and the...
Ruth 1:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF FAMINE (vv. 1-5) A famine was in the land of Israel. Why? Because the literal famine was to draw attention to the spiritual famine that came before it, a famine for hearing...
Ruth 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Naomi Returns to Canaan; Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law; Ruth's Constancy to Naomi. B. C. 1312....
Ruth 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

According to the ancient custom, Ge 38 , and the express law of God, Deuteronomy 25:5 , which doubtless she had acquainted them with before, among other branches of the Jewish religion, wherein s...
Ruth 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Naomi said, “Turn again, my daughters. Why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?” But Naomi recognised that she now had nothing to offer them. To...
Ruth 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Are there yet sons? etc. In allusion to the custom of a man raising posterity to his deceased brother by taking his widow ( Adam Clarke, Jarci, Wright, Keil ). Probab...
Ruth 1:11 - 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 t...
Ruth 1:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 1:1 . When the judges ruled, about a hundred years before the birth of David. Famines were mostly occasioned by want of rain. Ruth 1:2 . Ephrathites; not Ephraimites, but of Ephrath, the...
Ruth 1:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

It grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. Naomi’s parting address This is a great aggravation of the afflictions of many parents, that their children...
Ruth 1:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ruth 1:6 Then —the conjunction in Hebrew is the common generic copulative and— she arose. She had been sitting , as it were, where her husband had settled, and she now rose up...
Ruth 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Return of Naomi with Ruth
Ruth 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 25:5 ; Genesis 38:11
Ruth 1:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ruth and Orpah Ruth 1:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have before us today the story of two characters which were alike in many particulars, and yet, so vitally different and distinct in others....
Ruth 1:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Your husbands — According to the ancient custom, Genesis 38:8 , and the express law of God, Deuteronomy 25:5 , which doubtless she had acquainted them with before, among other branches of the Jew...

Ruth 1:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 1:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 1:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 1:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 1:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 1:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 1:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 1:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 1:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ruth 1:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes