Ruth 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. ”

Ruth 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

After them - i. e. “after my maidens.” The fields not being divided by hedges, but only by unplowed ridges, it would be easy for her to pass off Boaz’s land without being aware of it, and so find...
Ruth 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and...
Ruth 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drin...
Ruth 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drin...
Ruth 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Have drawn. — Literally, shall ( from time to time ) draw. Possibly from that self-same well at Bethlehem from which David desired to drink ( 2 Samuel 23:15 ).
Ruth 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: (9) Let thine eyes be on the field that they do re...
Ruth 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let thine eyes be upon the field that they do reap, and go thou after them ,.... And gather up the loose ears of corn dropped and left by them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not...
Ruth 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:9 [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessel...
Ruth 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Abide here by my maidens Not by the young men, to avoid both occasion of sin, and matter of scandal. Herein he shows his piety and prudence. That they shall not touch thee So as to offer any inci...
Ruth 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. B. C. 1312. 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and...
Ruth 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That they shall not touch thee, so as to offer any incivility or injury to thee. Touching is oft taken for hurting, Genesis 26:11 Psalms 105:15 .
Ruth 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, nor pass from here, but remain here fast by my maidens. Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, a...
Ruth 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 2:8 . Then said Boaz [and Boaz said], Hearest thou not? Dost thou hear ( i.e. , thou hearest, dost thou not? interrogatio, blande affirmat) ( Keil ). Lit. H...
Ruth 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field. Loving-kindness 1. There may be an hearing without an heeding. 2. Loving-kindness to necessitous p...
Ruth 2:9 - 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 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
Ruth 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:1 ; 1 John 5:18 ; Genesis 20:6 ; Genesis 24:18-20 ; Job 19:21 ; John 4:7-11 ; Matthew 10:42 ; Proverbs 6:29 ; Psalms 105:15
Ruth 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Touch — So as to offer any incivility or injury to thee.

Ruth 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 2:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 2:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes