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Selected Verse: Ruth 2:7 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ru 2:7	Strong Concordance	And she said [0559], I pray you, let me glean [03950] and gather [0622] after [0310] the reapers [07114] among the sheaves [06016]: so she came [0935], and hath continued [05975] even [0227] from the morning [01242] until now, that she tarried [03427] a little [04592] in the house [01004].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
she said . . . Let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves--Various modes of reaping are practised in the East. Where the crop is thin and short, it is plucked up by the roots. Sometimes it is cut with the sickle. Whether reaped in the one way or the other, the grain is cast into sheaves loosely thrown together, to be subjected to the process of threshing, which takes place, for the most part, immediately after the reaping. Field labors were begun early in the morning--before the day became oppressively hot. she tarried a little in the house--that is, the field tent, erected for the occasional rest and refreshment of the laborers.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

she said . . . Let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves--Various modes of reaping are practised in the East. Where the crop is thin and short, it is plucked up by the roots. Sometimes it is cut with the sickle. Whether reaped in the one way or the other, the grain is cast into sheaves loosely thrown together, to be subjected to the process of threshing, which takes place, for the most part, immediately after the reaping. Field labors were begun early in the morning--before the day became oppressively hot.

she tarried a little in the house--that is, the field tent, erected for the occasional rest and refreshment of the laborers.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The house - The shed or booth where they took their meals, and were sheltered from the sun in the heat of the day (see Gen 33:17).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The house - The shed or booth where they took their meals, and were sheltered from the sun in the heat of the day (see Gen 33:17).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
I pray - She did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. 'Till now - She is not retired through idleness, for she hath been diligent and constant in her labours. The house - In the little house or tent, which was set up in the fields at these times, and was necessary in those hot countries, where the labourers might retire for a little repose or repast. Being weary with her continued labours, she comes hither to take a little rest.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

I pray - She did not boldly intrude herself, but modestly ask leave of us. 'Till now - She is not retired through idleness, for she hath been diligent and constant in her labours. The house - In the little house or tent, which was set up in the fields at these times, and was necessary in those hot countries, where the labourers might retire for a little repose or repast. Being weary with her continued labours, she comes hither to take a little rest.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
That she tarried a little in the house - It seems as if the reapers were now resting in their tent, and that Ruth had just gone in with them to take her rest also.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

That she tarried a little in the house - It seems as if the reapers were now resting in their tent, and that Ruth had just gone in with them to take her rest also.

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