Ruth 4:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not leftb thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. ”

Ruth 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Without a kinsman - i. e. Boaz, not the infant Obed.
Ruth 4:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that (h) his name may be famous in Israel. (h) He shall leave continual posterity.
Ruth 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4. Ruth's Marriage. Ruth 4:1 . Instead of such an one! Boaz called the person's actual name, which the narrator either does not know or does not see any need for bringing into the story....
Ruth 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
Ruth 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Ruth 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth. The Birth of their Child 1. Boaz went up from the threshing floor to the open space by the city-gate, where the business he had in hand would have to be done, wher...
Ruth 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Left thee without. — Literally, not allowed to cease to thee. A kinsman. — That is, the child (See next verse). The word kinsman here is Goel, a redeemer.
Ruth 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MARRIAGE AT THE GATE Ruth 4:1-22 A SIMPLE ceremony of Oriental life brings to a climax the history which itself closes in sweet music the stormy drama of the Book of Judges. With all the li...
Ruth 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

in the Line of David's Ancestry Ruth 4:1-22 We are admitted here to a graphic picture of the old world. Men's memories were longer and stronger than ours: and what was done publicly in the Gate...
Ruth 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The nobility and faithfulness of Boaz are clearly manifested in this story. It is hardly possible to read this Book without being convinced that Boaz had already found himself in love with Ruth, whic...
Ruth 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. (15) And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life,...
Ruth 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the women said unto Naomi ,.... The inhabitants of Bethlehem, as they fell into her company; or perhaps these were the women that were called to the labour of Ruth, and attended the birth of the...
Ruth 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. Ver. 14. And the women said unto Naomi. ] This was...
Ruth 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The women said unto Naomi After Ruth's delivery. Which hath not left thee without a kinsman The words may be rendered, who hath not made , or suffered, thy kinsman to fail thee; that is, to re...
Ruth 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FAITHFULNESS AND GRACE OF BOAZ (vv. 1-12) The same morning Boaz went to the gate of the city, the place of judgment, sitting there until the close relative of whom he spoke came by(v. 1).At...
Ruth 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pedigree of David; Naomi Comforted in Her Grandson. B. C. 1312. 13 So Boaz took Ru...
Ruth 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Without a kinsman; which is understood, either, first, Of the son new born. Or rather, secondly, Of Boaz; for the name of goel , which is translated kinsman or redeemer , is never, that I know...
Ruth 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be YHWH, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman, and let his name be famous in Israel.” As a consequence of the birth of a son the women were...
Ruth 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ruth 4:11 . We are witnesses . The business settled without lawyers or legal casuistry ( A. Clarke ). The Lord make . The birth of children looked upon as a direct...
Ruth 4:14 - 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 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:1 . The gate: the place of justice. Job 29 ; Genesis 19 . Ten men judged and attested the fairness of the price until the jubilee. Such sales being open, were freer from disputes. Boaz to...
Ruth 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ruth 4:1 And Boaz went up, to the gate, and sat there. He "went up," for the city stood, as it still stands, on a ridge (see on Ruth 1:1 ; Ruth 3:6 ). "And sat there," on one...
Ruth 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Happy Marriage of Boaz and Ruth
Ruth 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:26 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ; Genesis 12:2 ; Genesis 24:27 ; Genesis 29:35 ; Isaiah 11:1-4 ; Luke 1:58 ; Matthew 1:5-20 ; Psalms 103:1 ; Psalms 103:2 ;...
Ruth 4:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Which hath not, &c. — The words may be rendered, Which hath not made, or suffered thy kinsman to fail thee; that is, to refuse the performances of his duty to thee and thine, as the other kinsm...

Ruth 4:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 4:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 4:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 4:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 4:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 4:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 4:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 4:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 4:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes