Ruth 2:3

gleaned. Compare Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 19:10; Leviticus 23:22.Deuteronomy 24:19.

hap. From Anglo-Saxon, good luck. happy. Hebrew "her chance chanced". Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6.

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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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was...
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

Her hap was to light on. — Literally, her hap happened. A chance in outward seeming, yet a clear shaping of her course by unseen hands. Her steps...
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

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she went, and came ,.... That is, she went out of the house where she was, and out of the city, and came into the field; though, according to th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field [belonging] unto Boaz, who [was]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Her hap was , &c. It was a chance in appearance, and in reference to second causes, but ordered by God's providence. God wisely orders small eve...
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

Ruth in the Field of Boaz. B. C. 1312. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Her hap was; for it was indeed a chance in reference to second causes, but ordered and designed by God's providence.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and her chance was to light on the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— And Naomi had a kinsman . According to Rabinical tradition, which is not well established however, Boaz was a nephew...
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

Let me now go to the field, and glean. The young to work for their parents Ruth does not propose that Naomi should go with her to the field. Sh...
The Biblical Illustrator

Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz. Gleanings in the field of Boaz 1. I learn, first, from this subject, how troub...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers, gathering up the ears that fell aside when the harvesters bound up the sheaves;...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:12 ; 2 Kings 8:5 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:12 ; Esther 6:1 ; Esther 6:2 ; Luke 10:31 ; Matthew 10:29
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Her hap — It was a chance in reference to second causes, but ordered by God's providence. God wisely orders small events, even those that seem alto...

³ And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hapb was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

Related Commentaries of Ruth 2:3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 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 2:3