Ruth 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. ”

Ruth 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The house - The shed or booth where they took their meals, and were sheltered from the sun in the heat of the day (see Genesis 33:17 ).
Ruth 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

from the morning . all the morning.
Ruth 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. That sh...
Ruth 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That she tarried a little in the house— Or rather, and hath not been but a moment in the house; 1: e. in the tent, which was pitched in the field for the refreshment of the reapers, and of such...
Ruth 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house....
Ruth 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The steward gives a detailed account of Ruth. She is “the (rather “a”) Moabitish damsel,” she is a foreigner [as such she had a special claim to the gleaning, Leviticus 19:9-10 ]. She is the daugh...
Ruth 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: (7) And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather...
Ruth 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she said ,.... These are the words of the servant continued, who goes on with the account of Ruth, and her conduct, since she had been in the field: I pray you let me glean, and gather after t...
Ruth 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. Ver....
Ruth 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

She said, I pray you , &c. She did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. Till now She is not retired through idleness, for she hath been diligent and constant in her labour...
Ruth 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. B. C. 1312. 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and...
Ruth 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She said, I pray you, let me glean; she did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. Hath continued even from the morning until now; she is not retired though idleness, for she h...
Ruth 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ And she said, ‘Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the h...
Ruth 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:5 ; 1 Peter 5:6 ; Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Ephesians 5:21 ; Galatians 6:9 ; Matthew 5:3 ; Proverbs 13:4 ; Proverbs 15:33 ; Proverbs 18:23 ; Proverbs 22:29 ; Romans 12:11
Ruth 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I pray — She did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. 'Till now — She is not retired through idleness, for she hath been diligent and constant in her labours. The house — In th...

Ruth 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ruth 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes