Ruth 1:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. ”

Ruth 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
Ruth 1:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Ruth 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PARTING OF THE WAYS Ruth 1:14-19 WE journey along with others for a time, enjoying their fellowship and sharing their hopes, yet with thoughts and dreams of our own that must sooner or late...
Ruth 1:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Love's Steadfast Choice Ruth 1:15-22 This young woman was to be an ancestor of David and in the line of our Lord's descent. Moabite though she was by birth, Ruth was designated for the high hon...
Ruth 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. An oath for confirmation (saith an Apostle) is to them an end of all strife. Ruth had solemnly protested...
Ruth 1:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her ,.... That she was strong in her resolutions, and steadfast in her determinations not to go back to her own country, but to go forward wit...
Ruth 1:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. Ver. 18. When she saw that she was steadfastly minded. ] Heb., Strengthened herself, to wit, by her oat...
Ruth 1:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That she was steadfastly minded to go with her , &c. Was not this the very thing that Naomi aimed at in all she said, namely, to bring Ruth to be of this steadfast mind? Then she left off spe...
Ruth 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ruth 1:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she ceased speaking to her.' When Naomi saw how determined Ruth was to go with her she refrained from urging her any further. Po...
Ruth 1:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Entreat me not —Urge me not ( Lange ), Force me not ( Wordsworth ), Be not against me ( Trem. Junius, Montan. Bernard, Fuller, Wright; Vulg., Wycliffe, and, Douay Ver....
Ruth 1:18 - 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 1:18 - 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 1:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. Trust after testing After proof and trial made of their fidelity we are to trust our brethren, witho...
Ruth 1:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ruth 1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people, and to her gods: return thou after thy sister-in-law. The expression that stands in King James's v...
Ruth 1:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Return of Naomi with Ruth
Ruth 1:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:42 ; Acts 21:14 ; Ephesians 6:10
Ruth 1:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ruth, the Moabitess Ruth 1:6-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A study in genealogy. In the last chapter of the Book of Ruth beginning with Ruth 1:17 we read that marvelous announcement, "There is a...
Ruth 1:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Left speaking unto her — See the power of resolution! Those who are half — resolved, are like a door a — jar, which invites a thief. But resolution shuts and bolts he door, and then the devil flees...

Ruth 1:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 1:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 1:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 1:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 1:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 1:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 1:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 1:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ruth 1:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes