Ruth 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. ”

Ruth 1:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had (d) visited his people in giving them bread....
Ruth 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

return. This was in 1326, the year before the second jubilee (1325-1324). See App-50. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. visited. Compare Exodus 4:31 . Psalms 132:15 . Luke 1:68 .
Ruth 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. She h...
Ruth 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread....
Ruth 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That she might return. — Literally, and she returned. Clearly, therefore, the three women actually began the journey; and when the start has been made. Naomi urges her companions to return. Then,...
Ruth 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. Read...
Ruth 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab ,.... After the death of her two sons, and having heard of the ceasing of the famine in Israel, she had a des...
Ruth 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. Ver...
Ruth 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The woman was left of her two sons and her husband Loss of children and widowhood are both come upon her. By whom shall she be comforted? It is God alone who is able to comfort those who are thus c...
Ruth 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Food; so she staid no longer than necessity forced her.
Ruth 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, so that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab how YHWH had visited his people in giving them bread.' News...
Ruth 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 1:6-7 . Then [and] she arose. She arose in order to return. Et surrexit ut in patriam pergeret ( Vulgate ). With her daughters-in-law. Both the young wo...
Ruth 1:6 - 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 1:6 - 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 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

She arose . .. that she might return. Homeward longings Observe-- 1. God’s house of worldly correction is to God’s people a school of heavenly instruction. Naomi’s crosses and losses she...
Ruth 1:6 - 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 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for it was understood that the younger women were merely to accompany her for some distance, perhaps to the bo...
Ruth 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:12 ; 1 Samuel 2:21 ; 1 Timothy 6:8 ; Exodus 16:4-6 ; Exodus 3:16 ; Exodus 4:31 ; Genesis 21:1 ; Genesis 28:20 ; Genesis 48:15 ; Genesis 50:25 ; Isaiah 55:10 ; Luke 1:68 ; Luke...
Ruth 1:6 - 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 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bread — That is, food; so she staid no longer there than necessity forced her.

Ruth 1:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 1:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 1:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ruth 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes