Ruth 4:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. ”

Ruth 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than (i) seven sons, hath born him. (i) Mean...
Ruth 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
Ruth 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A nourisher. — (See marginal renderings). Daughter-in-law. — The position of the nominative is emphatic. Loveth. — The verb is a perfect, which hath ever loved thee.
Ruth 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life ,.... Of the joys, pleasures, and comforts of it, which she had been deprived of through the death of her husband and her two sons, ever since which...
Ruth 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. Ver. 15. A...
Ruth 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A restorer of thy life Of the comfort of thy life, such a comfort as to make thee, in some sort, young again. For they hoped the child would inherit his mother's virtues, and particularly her affec...
Ruth 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pedigree of David; Naomi Comforted in Her Grandson. B. C. 1312. 13 So Boaz took Ru...
Ruth 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A restorer of thy life, i.e. of the comfort of thy life, which was in a great measure dead and gone. Hath born him, to wit, a son; the pronoun for the noun understood, which is frequent in the He...
Ruth 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ And he will be to you a restorer of life, and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.” And they assured Naomi...
Ruth 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Happy Marriage of Boaz and Ruth
Ruth 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:8 ; Genesis 45:11 ; Genesis 47:12 ; Isaiah 46:4 ; Proverbs 18:24 ; Psalms 55:22 ; Ruth 1:16-18
Ruth 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy life — That is, of the comfort of thy life. Born him — Or, hath born to him; that is, to thy kinsman a son. Better than seven sons — See how God sometimes makes up the want of those relations f...

Ruth 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 4:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 4:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes