Ruth 2:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. ”

Ruth 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And beat out that she had gleaned - Namely, with a stick, as the word implies (compare Deuteronomy 24:20 ; Isaiah 27:12 ). This method is still commonly practiced. Ruth gleaned enough to suppor...
Ruth 2:17 - 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 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ephah. See App-51.
Ruth 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. An ephah of barley - Not less than seven gallons and a half; a good day's work. On Hebr...
Ruth 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So she gleaned in the field—and beat out that she had gleaned— Ruth availed herself of the goodness of Boaz. She gleaned all the day; and then, according to the custom of those times, she beat out...
Ruth 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. And beat out that she had gleaned. When the quantity of grain was small, it was...
Ruth 2:17 - 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 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Beat out. — That is, she threshed it herself, so as to save the labour of carrying away the straw. She then found she had an ephah, that is, rather more than four pecks.
Ruth 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. So do all laborers in the vineyard remain in their employment until.the evening of the...
Ruth 2:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DILIGENT GLEANER ‘So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.’ Ruth 2:17 I. Notice, first, the good providence of God...
Ruth 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So she gleaned in the field until even ,.... An instance of her great diligence and industry, attending to this mean employment constantly from morning tonight: and beat out that she had gleaned :...
Ruth 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. Ver. 17. Until even. ] Strengthening herself to her labour, as that good housewife...
Ruth 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

An ephah About a bushel of our measure. Gave to her what she had reserved At dinner, after she had eaten, and was sufficed Or satisfied. This shows Ruth's care of her mother-in-law, whom she h...
Ruth 2:17 - 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 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth's Report to Naomi. B. C. 1312. 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and bea...
Ruth 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

An ephah is thought to contain about a bushel. See Exodus 16:36 Leviticus 5:11 .
Ruth 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ So she gleaned in the field until evening, and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.' So Ruth continued to glean diligently until nightfall, after which she be...
Ruth 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 2:15 . And when she was risen up. Evident from this and the previous phrase that Boaz said, “Come thou hither,” as he himself sat among his reapers at the mid-...
Ruth 2:17 - 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 2:17 - 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 2:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

So she gleaned in the field until even. Persevering labour 1. Gleaners in gospel-fields should continue in their gleaning work from morning to evening. How many are but half Sabbath folk, that...
Ruth 2:17 - 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 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 16:36 ; Ezekiel 45:11 ; Ezekiel 45:12 ; Proverbs 31:27
Ruth 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An Ephah — About a bushel.

Ruth 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes