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Selected Verse: Ruth 2:2 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ru 2:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125] said [0559] unto Naomi [05281], Let me now go [03212] to the field [07704], and glean [03950] ears of corn [07641] after [0310] him in whose sight [05869] I shall find [04672] grace [02580]. And she said [0559] unto her, Go [03212], my daughter [01323]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
RUTH GLEANS IN THE FIELD OF BOAZ. (Rut 2:1-3)
Ruth . . . said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean--The right of gleaning was conferred by a positive law on the widow, the poor, and the stranger (see on Lev 19:9 and Deu 24:19). But liberty to glean behind the reapers [Rut 2:3] was not a right that could be claimed; it was a privilege granted or refused according to the good will or favor of the owner. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Glean - Which was permitted to the poor, and the stranger, Deu 24:19, nor was she ashamed to confess her poverty, nor would she eat the bread of idleness. In whose sight - For though it was their duty to permit this, yet she thought it might perhaps be denied her; at least, that it became her modestly and humbly to acknowledge their kindness herein. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Glean ears of corn - 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, I find that it is now settled, by a solemn judgment in the court of common pleas, that a right to glean in the harvest field cannot be claimed by any person at common law; see Law Dictionary, article gleaning. Any person may permit or prevent it in his own grounds. By the Irish acts, 25 Hen. VIII., c. 1, and 28 Hen. VIII., c. 24, gleaning and leasing are so restricted as to be in fact prohibited in that part of the United Kingdom. See the note on Lev 19:9.
After him in whose sight I shall find grace - She did not mean Boaz; but she purposed to go out where they were now reaping, and glean after any person who might permit her, or use her in a friendly manner. The words seem to intimate that, notwithstanding the law of Moses, the gleaners might be prevented by the owner of the field. |
3 And she went [03212], and came [0935], and gleaned [03950] in the field [07704] after [0310] the reapers [07114]: and her hap [04745] was to light [07136] on a part [02513] of the field [07704] belonging unto Boaz [01162], who was of the kindred [04940] of Elimelech [0458].
19 When thou cuttest down [07114] thine harvest [07105] in thy field [07704], and hast forgot [07911] a sheaf [06016] in the field [07704], thou shalt not go again [07725] to fetch [03947] it: it shall be for the stranger [01616], for the fatherless [03490], and for the widow [0490]: that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] may bless [01288] thee in all the work [04639] of thine hands [03027].
9 And when ye reap [07114] the harvest [07105] of your land [0776], thou shalt not wholly reap [03615] the corners [06285] of thy field [07704], neither shalt thou gather [03950] the gleanings [03951] of thy harvest [07105].
1 And Naomi [05281] had a kinsman [04129] [03045] of her husband's [0376], a mighty [01368] man [0376] of wealth [02428], of the family [04940] of Elimelech [0458]; and his name [08034] was Boaz [01162].
2 And Ruth [07327] the Moabitess [04125] said [0559] unto Naomi [05281], Let me now go [03212] to the field [07704], and glean [03950] ears of corn [07641] after [0310] him in whose sight [05869] I shall find [04672] grace [02580]. And she said [0559] unto her, Go [03212], my daughter [01323].
3 And she went [03212], and came [0935], and gleaned [03950] in the field [07704] after [0310] the reapers [07114]: and her hap [04745] was to light [07136] on a part [02513] of the field [07704] belonging unto Boaz [01162], who was of the kindred [04940] of Elimelech [0458].
19 When thou cuttest down [07114] thine harvest [07105] in thy field [07704], and hast forgot [07911] a sheaf [06016] in the field [07704], thou shalt not go again [07725] to fetch [03947] it: it shall be for the stranger [01616], for the fatherless [03490], and for the widow [0490]: that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] may bless [01288] thee in all the work [04639] of thine hands [03027].
9 And when ye reap [07114] the harvest [07105] of your land [0776], thou shalt not wholly reap [03615] the corners [06285] of thy field [07704], neither shalt thou gather [03950] the gleanings [03951] of thy harvest [07105].