Ruth 2:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Ruth 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

friendly . to the heart. though. be not. Or, Oh that. might be.
Ruth 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 handmaiden...
Ruth 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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; pr...
Ruth 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Friendly. — Literally, unto the heart. The same phrase is rendered comfortably ( Isaiah 40:2 ).
Ruth 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 handmaiden...
Ruth 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
Ruth 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 handmaiden...
Ruth 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ruth 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. B. C. 1312. 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and...
Ruth 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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,...
Ruth 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ 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 respon...
Ruth 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ( Ke...
Ruth 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 influen...
Ruth 2:13 - 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 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:18 ; 1 Samuel 25:41 ; 2 Samuel 16:4 ; Genesis 33:10 ; Genesis 33:15 ; Genesis 33:8 ; Genesis 34:3 ; Genesis 43:14 ; Judges 19:3 ; Philippians 2:3 ; Proverbs 15:33
Ruth 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 pare...

Ruth 2:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes