Ruth 2:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? ”

Ruth 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? His servant that was set over the reapers - This was a kind of steward or hind who had the under management of t...
Ruth 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? His servant that was set over the reapers - an overseer, whose special duty was to superintend the operati...
Ruth 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? The enquiry of Boaz so immediately concerning Ruth, may serve to teach us how very early the eye of Jesus is upon...
Ruth 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers ,.... To direct them their work, what part each was to do, and to see that they did it well; to take care for provisions for them, and t...
Ruth 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel [is] this? Ver. 5. Unto his servant that was set over the reapers. ] His villicus, his bailiff, whose office was to se...
Ruth 2:5 - 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 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. B. C. 1312. 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and...
Ruth 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ruth 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose damsel is this?” As he looked out over his land he saw Ruth following his reapers, and he turned to his overseer and asked who...
Ruth 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - 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 2:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then said Boaz unto his servant, . .. Whose damsel is this? And the servant. .. said, It is the Moabitish damsel. The welcome reception We can imagine many ways in which Boaz and Ruth might...
Ruth 2:5 - 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 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 2:11 ; 1 Chronicles 2:12 ; Ruth 4:21

Ruth 2:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge