Ruth 2:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. ”

Ruth 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To dip the morsel, or sop, whether it were bread or meat, in the dish containing the vinegar (compare Matthew 26:23 ; Mark 14:20 : Exodus 25:29 ; Numbers 7:13 ) was, and still is, the common c...
Ruth 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and...
Ruth 2:14 - 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 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

left . left thereof remaining.
Ruth 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn , and she did eat, and...
Ruth 2:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Eat of the bread and dip thy morsel in the vinegar— Under the name bread, as we have before remarked, is comprehended all kinds of provision. By חמצ chometz, rendered vinegar, is signified a...
Ruth 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, an...
Ruth 2:14 - 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 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

At meal-time. — This should apparently be joined to what precedes: Boaz now shows a fresh act of kindness. Vinegar. — By this term is to be understood wine which had become sour ( Proverbs 10:26...
Ruth 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Kindness to the Stranger Ruth 2:14-23 From the time of the Exodus, kind and thoughtful references are made to the strangers within the gates, Deuteronomy 5:14 ; Deuteronomy 10:19 . These inju...
Ruth 2:14 - 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 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and wa...
Ruth 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Boaz said, at mealtime come thou hither ,.... This looks as if she was now in the booth, or house in the field, where the reapers used to retire to eat their food, or rest themselves, or take sh...
Ruth 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and...
Ruth 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar In the term bread is comprehended all the provision which was made for the reapers, with which they had vinegar for sauce, it being very coolin...
Ruth 2:14 - 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 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. B. C. 1312. 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and...
Ruth 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bread in those simple and frugal times was the usual food of servants and the meaner sort, at least when they were engaged in such works as this, which required speed, and therefore must be quick i...
Ruth 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And at mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” And she sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain, and she ate, and was sa...
Ruth 2:14 - 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 2:14 - 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 2:14 - 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 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

At mealtime come thou hither. The common meal 1. It should indicate the Divine hand in providing it. 2. It should minister to the calm contentment of our hearts. 3. It should indicate a s...
Ruth 2:14 - 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 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:17 ; 1 Samuel 25:18 ; 2 Kings 4:43 ; 2 Kings 4:44 ; 2 Samuel 17:28 ; Deuteronomy 11:15 ; Deuteronomy 8:10 ; Isaiah 32:8 ; Isaiah 58:10 ; Isaiah 58:11 ; Isaiah 58:7 ; Job 31:16...
Ruth 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

She sat — Not with or among them, but at some little distance from them, as one inferior to them. It is no disparagement to the finest hand, to be reached forth to the needy.

Ruth 2:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 2:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 2:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes