Ruth 4:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. ”

Ruth 4:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Obed - i. e. serving, with allusion to the service of love and duty which he would render to his grandmother Naomi.
Ruth 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. The neighbors gave it a name - That...
Ruth 4:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The women her neighbours gave it a name— They advised Naomi to give the child such a name as was suitable to their foregoing discourse, and to the case of Naomi. See Luke 1:59 . Obed signifies a...
Ruth 4:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. Obed - means 'servant.'
Ruth 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Obed. — i.e., a serving one. (18–22). This short genealogy, abruptly added, may be due to a later hand, it being thought necessary to connect David’s line fully with Judah.
Ruth 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. (17) And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he...
Ruth 4:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the women her neighbours gave it a name ,.... Josephus says q Naomi gave it, by the advice of her neighbours; very probably on the eighth day when he was circumcised, and the neighbours were inv...
Ruth 4:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David. Ver. 17. And the women her neigh...
Ruth 4:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Her neighbours gave it a name That is, gave her advice about his name; for it did not belong to them, but to the father or mother, to name the child. They called his name Obed That is, a servant...
Ruth 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pedigree of David; Naomi Comforted in Her Grandson. B. C. 1312. 13 So Boaz took Ru...
Ruth 4:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gave it a name, i.e. they gave her advice about the name; for otherwise they had no power or right to do so. Obed; a servant , to wit, to thee, to nourish, and comfort, and assist thee; which du...
Ruth 4:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi,” and they called his name Obed. He...
Ruth 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they called his name Obed. Little Obed No doubt there were circumstances connected with the birth of this child which surrounded it with a special interest. But take the birth of any child,...
Ruth 4:17 - 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 4:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Happy Marriage of Boaz and Ruth
Ruth 4:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 1:58-63 ; Ruth 4:15
Ruth 4:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A name — That is, they gave her advice about his name; for otherwise they had no power or right to do so. Obed — A servant, to thee, to nourish, and comfort, and assist thee; which duty childrren o...

Ruth 4:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ruth 4:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ruth 4:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ruth 4:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ruth 4:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ruth 4:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ruth 4:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ruth 4:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ruth 4:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ruth 4:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ruth 4:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ruth 4:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ruth 4:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ruth 4:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes