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Selected Verse: Ruth 2:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ru 2:10 |
Strong Concordance |
Then she fell [05307] on her face [06440], and bowed [07812] herself to the ground [0776], and said [0559] unto him, Why have I found [04672] grace [02580] in thine eyes [05869], that thou shouldest take knowledge [05234] of me, seeing I am a stranger [05237]? |
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King James |
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? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| She fell on her face - With Oriental reverence (compare Gen 33:3, and the marginal reference). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Deeply affected by this generosity, Ruth fell upon her face, bowing down to the ground (as in Sa1 25:23; Sa2 1:2; cf. Gen 23:7), to thank him reverentially, and said to Boaz, "Why have I found favour in thine eyes, that thou regardest me, who am only a stranger?" הכּיר, to look at with sympathy or care, to receive a person kindly (cf. Rut 2:19). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Fell - This was the humblest posture of reverence, either civil when performed to men, or religious, when to God. Take knowledge - That is, shew any respect and kindness to me. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Then she fell on her face - Prostrated herself, as was the custom in the East when inferiors approached those of superior rank. The Targum adds to the conversation between Ruth and Boaz: "How, says she, have I obtained grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest acknowledge me who am a stranger and one of the daughters of Moab, of whom it is said, The unclean shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord? And Boaz, answered, It has been certainly told me by the word of the wise, that what the Lord hath decreed, he hath not decreed concerning the women but the men. And it hath been surely said to me by prophecy, that kings and prophets shall proceed from thee because of the good which thou hast done," etc. |
3 And he passed over [05674] before them [06440], and bowed himself [07812] to the ground [0776] seven [07651] times [06471], until he came near [05066] to his brother [0251].
19 And her mother in law [02545] said [0559] unto her, Where hast thou gleaned [03950] to day [03117]? and where [0375] wroughtest [06213] thou? blessed [01288] be he that did take knowledge [05234] of thee. And she shewed [05046] her mother in law [02545] with whom she had wrought [06213], and said [0559], The man's [0376] name [08034] with whom I wrought [06213] to day [03117] is Boaz [01162].
7 And Abraham [085] stood up [06965], and bowed [07812] himself to the people [05971] of the land [0776], even to the children [01121] of Heth [02845].
2 It came even to pass on the third [07992] day [03117], that, behold, a man [0376] came [0935] out of the camp [04264] from Saul [07586] with his clothes [0899] rent [07167], and earth [0127] upon his head [07218]: and so it was, when he came [0935] to David [01732], that he fell [05307] to the earth [0776], and did obeisance [07812].
23 And when Abigail [026] saw [07200] David [01732], she hasted [04116], and lighted off [03381] the ass [02543], and fell [05307] before [0639] David [01732] on her face [06440], and bowed [07812] herself to the ground [0776],