Ruth 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

Ruth 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

She fell on her face - With Oriental reverence (compare Genesis 33:3 , and the marginal reference).
Ruth 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study 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 (d) stranger? (d) Of th...
Ruth 2:10 - 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...
Ruth 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

take knowledge. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), put for "caring for". App-6. stranger . foreigner.
Ruth 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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? Then she fell...
Ruth 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That thou shouldest take knowledge of me— To take knowledge, in Scripture, frequently signifies to shew kindness, and is the effect of finding grace, 1: e. favour with any one. The reason of...
Ruth 2:10 - 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 c...
Ruth 2:10 - 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...
Ruth 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A stranger. — A foreigner. Note, however, that the Moabite language, though having its own peculiarities, really differed but little from Hebrew, as may be seen, for instance, from the famous inscr...
Ruth 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Gleaning after the Reapers Ruth 2:1-13 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 depressi...
Ruth 2:10 - 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...
Ruth 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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? How surprising...
Ruth 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground ,.... In great humility, and under a deep sense of the favour done her, and as showing the greatest respect, in a civil manner, she was cap...
Ruth 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 10. Th...
Ruth 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then she fell on her face This was the humblest posture of reverence, either civil, when performed to men, or religious, when to God. And thus she shows both the lowliness of her mind and her grati...
Ruth 2:10 - L. 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 re...
Ruth 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. B. C. 1312. 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and...
Ruth 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She fell on her face: this was the humblest posture of reverence; either civil, when performed to men, or religious, when to God. See Genesis 18:2 , Genesis 33:3 42:6 Matthew 2:11 ; Matthew 2...
Ruth 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your sight, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?” Ruth was filled...
Ruth 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 2:8 . Then said Boaz [and Boaz said], Hearest thou not? Dost thou hear ( i.e. , thou hearest, dost thou not? interrogatio, blande affirmat) ( Keil ). Lit. H...
Ruth 2:10 - 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 2:10 - 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. Ru...
Ruth 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. The lowly attitude of a grateful heart I. what deep and touching humility is expressed here. II. what affectionate gratitude is he...
Ruth 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 w...
Ruth 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:23 ; 2 Samuel 19:28 ; 2 Samuel 9:8 ; Genesis 18:2 ; Isaiah 56:3-8 ; Luke 1:43 ; Luke 1:48 ; Luke 17:16-18 ; Luke 7:6 ; Luke 7:7 ; Matthew 15:22-28 ; Matthew 25:35 ; Romans 12...
Ruth 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fell — This was the humblest posture of reverence, either civil when performed to men, or religious, when to God. Take knowledge — That is, shew any respect and kindness to me.

Ruth 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes