Better any work than any idleness. And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi.] Thus as a widow without a provider Ruth was within her rights to glean in the fields. John Trapp Complete Commentary. "Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary". Ruth 2 Commentary; DAVID LEGGE Sermons . Ruth would not lease without leave and good liking. A similar social welfare law required that the third year tithe be stored so that it could be called on, among others, by the poor and by aliens (Deuteronomy 14:28-29), whilst in the seventh year, when the land was not to be worked, all were free to gather what grew by itself (Exodus 23:11; Leviticus 25:4-7). "Commentary on Ruth 2:2". She does not hesitate to face the hard work necessary on her mother-in-law’s account; nor is she too proud to condescend to a work which might perhaps seem humiliating. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Ruth 2:2". 1871-8. Nay, it is her own proposal. And she said, Go, my daughter — This shows, that Naomi was in a very poor and low condition as to temporal things; for had she been otherwise, it is not likely that she would have suffered her daughter- in-law to go and glean among the lowest of the people. Ruth 2:22. In the field of his word, his scriptures, his ordinances, there is plenty indeed to glean; and if the Lord Jesus gives grace, he will give the soul to find and inherit substance, and he will fill their treasures. With Naomi’s permission, Ruth set out to find a field in which to work. 2. Ruth 2 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is written by one of the most influential men of the modern Christianity movement. "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". BibliographyBenson, Joseph. The Levirate and Goel Institutions in the OT - 347 page book! Study the bible online using commentary on Ruth and more! Ruth 2:15, Ruth 2:16.—Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. BibliographyNicoll, William R. "Commentary on Ruth 2:2". Ruth 2:2 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. Ruth, a stranger, and the grace of God in the midst of evil The Book of Ruth tells us also of the days of the judges, when there was no king in Israel; but it shews us the fair side of those days, in the operations of the grace of God, who (blessed be His name!) Ruth 2:2. I. You can find the best commentary on Ruth for you using the tools on the right side. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. John Trapp Complete Commentary. "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible". That they meet thee not in any other field — Whereby thou wilt both expose thyself to many inconveniences, which thou mayest expect from strangers, and incur his displeasure, as if thou didst despise his kindness. “Glean”: The Mosaic Law commanded that the harvest should not be reaped … Glean ears of corn - The word glean comes from the French glaner, to gather ears or grains of corn. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Ruth 2:2 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. He does not play out the implications of this relationship, which only time will reveal (by the end of the chapter). 1599-1645. The Lord recompense thy work.] This was her modesty, notwithstanding the liberty given her by the law. It may be treated as a portion of man's curse. "Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible ". Nature works. 2. Ruth 2:12.—Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. Malick: Purposes of the Book of Ruth:. 2. This request of Ruth … ix., p. 522; Spurgeon, Evening by Evening, p. 79; W. Meller, Village Homilies, p. 114; S. Baring-Gould, Village Preaching for a Year, vol. 1 In the days when the judges ruled, [] there was a famine in the land. The following commentary covers Chapters 1 through 4. From the beginning work had been assigned to him; the difference was that work henceforth was to be both excessive in degree and comparatively unremunerative. ii., p. 266; J. Keble, Sermons for the Christian Year: Sundays after Trinity, Part II., p. 97. "Commentary on Ruth 2:2". Ruth 1-2 New International Version (NIV) Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons. BibliographyBeza, Theodore. And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi.] Ears of corn, as used of barley or wheat, means the heads, or seed ends, of the stalks. Any person may permit or prevent it in his own grounds. Ver. In whose sight I shall find grace; for though it was their duty to permit this, Leviticus 19:9 23:22, yet either she was ignorant thereof, or thought that, being a stranger, it might be grudged or denied to her; or, at least, that it became her modestly and humbly to acknowledge their kindness herein. Faith does not look only on her own things, but on the things of others. And in whose sight but Jesus can sinners find grace? Ruth 4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. Glean — Gather up what the reapers leave behind them. When Providence had made her poor, she cheerfully stoops to her lot. Ruth 1:7-2:3: Return To Bethlehem; Ruth 2-3: At His Feet; The Romance of Redemption and Revival in Ruth - 46 page book; DONALD LEGGETT. In the midst of worldly wants she murmureth not against the God of Israel, for maintaining his servants no better, as Aigoland, king of Saragossa, did against the God of Christians, when he saw the many poor that expected alms from Charles the Great’s table, (a) - she meditateth not to return to Moab, as those in the wilderness once did into Egypt; she stealeth not, setteth not herself to sale for a livelihood, &c., but bethinks her of an honest, though painful employment, and thereto craveth Naomi’s consent, whom she ever honoured as a mother by a singular piety. but also An deceat, an expediat? The eye of faith is upon God, even while the hand of faith and the foot of faith are moving among the things of this world. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/pet/ruth-2.html. "Commentary on Ruth 2:2". Commentary on Ruth 2:17-23 (Read Ruth 2:17-23) viii., No. The labourers of society are its benefactors. 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