1-3 Ruth gleans in the field of Boaz 4-7 Boaz takes notice of her 8-17 and shows her great favour 18-23 That which she got, she carries to Naomi

kinsman Ru 3:2,12

a mighty De 8:17,18 Job 1:3 31:25

Boaz Boaz, according the Targumist, was the same as Ibzan. Ru 4:21 Jud 12:8-10 1Ch 2:10-12 Mt 1:5 Lu 3:32

Booz

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

glean ears Le 19:9,16 23:22 De 24:19-21

3 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 the kindred of Elimelech.

gleaned 1Th 4:11,12 2Th 3:12

hap was [heb] hap happened 2Ki 8:5 Es 6:1,2 Mt 10:29 Lu 10:31

4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

The Lord Ps 118:26 129:7,8 Lu 1:28 2Th 3:16 2Ti 4:22 2Jo 1:10,11

And they Ru 4:11 Ge 18:19 Jos 24:15 Ps 133:1-3 1Ti 6:2

5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?

Ru 4:21 1Ch 2:11,12

6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

the servant This seems to have been a kind of steward, who had the under- management of the estate. Ge 15:2 24:2 39:4 Mt 20:8 24:45

It is the Ru 1:16,19,22

7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

I pray Pr 15:33 18:23 Mt 5:3 Eph 5:21 1Pe 5:5,6

continued Pr 13:4 22:29 Ec 9:10 Ro 12:11 Ga 6:9

in the house It seems that the reapers were now resting in a tent, erected for that purpose; and that Ruth had just gone in with them, to take her rest also.

8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

my daughter 1Sa 3:6,16 2Ki 5:13 Mt 9:2,22

neither So 1:7,8

abide Mt 10:7-11 Php 4:8

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

touch thee Ge 20:6 Job 19:21 Ps 105:15 Pr 6:29 1Co 7:1 1Jo 5:18

go Ge 24:18-20 Mt 10:42 Joh 4:7-11

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?

fell Ge 18:2 1Sa 25:23

Why have Ru 2:2,13 2Sa 9:8 19:28 Lu 1:43,48 Ro 12:10

seeing Isa 56:3-8 Mt 15:22-28 25:35 Lu 7:6,7 17:16-18

11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

all that Ru 1:11,14-22 Ps 37:5,6

and how Ps 45:10 Lu 5:11,23 14:33 18:29,30 Heb 11:8,9,24-26

12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

recompense 1Sa 24:19 Ps 19:11 58:11 Pr 11:18 23:18 Mt 5:12 6:1 10:41,42 Lu 6:35 14:12-14 Col 2:18 2Ti 1:18 4:8 Heb 6:10 11:6,26

wings Ru 1:16 Ps 17:8 36:7 57:1 61:4 63:7 9:14 Mt 23:37

13 Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Let me find. or, I find favour Ge 33:8,10,15 43:14 1Sa 1:18 2Sa 16:4

friendly [heb] to the heart Ge 34:3 Jud 19:3

not like 1Sa 25:41 Pr 15:33 Php 2:3

14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.

At meal-time Job 31:16-22 Pr 11:24,25 Isa 32:8 58:7,10,11 Lu 14:12-14

dip thy morsel Vinegar, robb of fruits, etc., are used for this purpose in the East to the present day; into which, says Dr. Shaw, they dip the bread and hand together.

parched 1Sa 17:17 25:18 2Sa 17:28

she did De 8:10 11:15 2Ki 4:43,44 Mt 14:20

was sufficed Ru 2:18 Ps 23:5

15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

glean The word glean comes from the French [glaner] to gather ears or grains of corn. This was formerly a general custom in England and Ireland: the poor went into the fields, and collected the straggling ears of corn after the reapers; and it was long supposed that this was their right, and that the law recognized it; but although it has been an old custom, it is now settled by a solemn judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, that a right to glean in the harvest field cannot be claimed by any person at common law. Any person may permit or prevent it on his own grounds. By the Irish Acts, 25 Henry VIII c. 1, and 28 Henry VIII.c.24, gleaning and leasing are so restricted as to be in fact prohibited in that part of the United Kingdom.

reproach [heb] shame Jas 1:5

16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

De 24:19-21 Ps 112:9 Pr 19:17 Mt 25:40 Ro 12:13 2Co 8:5-11 Phm 1:7 Heb 6:10 1Jo 3:17,18

17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

she gleaned Pr 31:27

ephah Ex 16:36 Eze 45:11,12

18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.

she had reserved Ru 2:13 Joh 6:12,13 1Ti 5:4

19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

blessed Ru 2:10 Ps 41:1 2Co 9:13-15

Boaz 1Ki 7:21

20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

Blessed Re 3:10 2Sa 2:5 Job 29:12,13 2Ti 1:16-18

hath not 2Sa 9:1 Pr 17:17 Php 4:10

one of our. or, one that hath right to redeem Ru 3:9 4:6 Le 25:25 De 25:5-7 Job 19:25

21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

Thou shalt Ru 2:7,8,22 So 1:7,8

young men the word {hannearim} should be translated {the servants}; both male and female being included in it, the latter especially: Ru 2:8,22,23

22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

Ruth Ruth is said, by the Targumist, to have been the daughter of Eglon, king of Moab. Ru 2:8,22,23

23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

Pr 6:6-8 13:1,20 1Co 15:33 Eph 6:1-3