Ruth 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. ”

Ruth 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they answered. This tells of. time of peace, prosperity, and quiet.
Ruth 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 280 BOAZ AND HIS REAPERS Ruth 2:4 . And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee. EVERY season...
Ruth 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. Boaz came from Beth-lehem - This salutation between Boaz and his...
Ruth 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Boaz came—and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you— We are authorised by the events of this history to conclude, that none of them happened by chance, but by the immediate interposition of G...
Ruth 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. The Lord be with you. This pious salutation between the mast...
Ruth 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord be with you. — There is a trace here of the good feeling prevailing between Boaz and his servants. Though he has come to his field to supervise the work, it is not in a fault-finding spiri...
Ruth 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. What a beautiful picture is here given of the simplicity of ancien...
Ruth 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And, behold, Boaz came to Bethlehem ,.... Into the field, to see how his workmen went on, and performed their service, and to encourage them in it by his presence, and by his courteous language and...
Ruth 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. Ver. 4. And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem. ] To look to h...
Ruth 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you , &c. Such was the piety of ancient times, that it manifested itself even in men's civil conversation and worldly transactions, and induced them t...
Ruth 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

They expressed and professed their piety, even in their civil conversation and worldly transactions; which now so many are ashamed of, and call it hypocrisy or vain ostentation thus to do.
Ruth 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the reapers, “YHWH be with you.” And they answered him, “YHWH bless you.” Being a good man Boaz came to see how the reaping was going, and gr...
Ruth 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 2:4 . And behold Boaz came. Not only to see the progress of the work, but also to take part in the entertainment provided for his labourers ( Wright ). The L...
Ruth 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Let me now go to the field, and glean. The young to work for their parents Ruth does not propose that Naomi should go with her to the field. She wished her honoured mother to enjoy the rest and...
Ruth 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION IT is by way of introduction to the remaining narrative that the writer says:— Ruth 2:1 And Naomi had, on her husband's side, a friend. The C'tib reading מְיֻדַּע (absolute...
Ruth 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:2 ; 2 John 1:10 ; 2 John 1:11 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:16 ; 2 Timothy 4:22 ; Genesis 18:19 ; Joshua 24:15 ; Luke 1:28 ; Psalms 118:26 ; Psalms 129:7 ; Psalms 129:8 ; Psalms 133:1-3...
Ruth 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Said, &c — They expressed their piety, even in their civil conversation, and worldly transactions; which now so many are ashamed of.

Ruth 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 2:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ruth 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes