Ruth 2:10

She fell on her face - With Oriental reverence (compare Genesis 33:3, and the marginal reference).

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowled...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

take knowledge. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), put for "caring for". App-6. stranger . foreigner.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowled...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That thou shouldest take knowledge of me— To take knowledge, in Scripture, frequently signifies to shew kindness, and is the effect of finding...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take kno...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A stranger. — A foreigner. Note, however, that the Moabite language, though having its own peculiarities, really differed but little from Hebrew, a...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowled...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground ,.... In great humility, and under a deep sense of the favour done her, and as showing th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowled...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then she fell on her face This was the humblest posture of reverence, either civil, when performed to men, or religious, when to God. And thus she...
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 Lo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Kindness of Boaz to Ruth. B. C. 1312....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

She fell on her face: this was the humblest posture of reverence; either civil, when performed to men, or religious, when to God. See Genesis 18:...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your sight, that you should take notice...
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 no...
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-fiel...
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, hon...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. The lowly attitude of a grateful heart I. what deep and touching humility is expres...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ruth 2:10 RUTH did not seize the opportunity for bewailing the hardship of the lot to which she had been reduced, and which no...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In the Field of Boaz
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then she fell on her face, bowing down deeply, so as to touch the ground with her forehead, in recognition of his kindness, and bowed herself to the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:23 ; 2 Samuel 19:28 ; 2 Samuel 9:8 ; Genesis 18:2 ; Isaiah 56:3-8 ; Luke 1:43 ; Luke 1:48 ; Luke 17:16-18 ; Luke 7:6 ; Luke 7:7...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fell — This was the humblest posture of reverence, either civil when performed to men, or religious, when to God. Take knowledge — That is, shew an...

¹⁰ Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Related Commentaries of Ruth 2:10

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ruth 2:10