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Selected Verse: Ruth 2:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ru 2:9 |
Strong Concordance |
Let thine eyes [05869] be on the field [07704] that they do reap [07114], and go [01980] thou after [0310] them: have I not charged [06680] the young men [05288] that they shall not touch [05060] thee? and when thou art athirst [06770], go [01980] unto the vessels [03627], and drink [08354] of that which the young men [05288] have drawn [07579]. |
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King James |
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. |
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] |
| go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn--Gleaners were sometimes allowed, by kind and charitable masters, to partake of the refreshments provided for the reapers. The vessels alluded to were skin bottles, filled with water--and the bread was soaked in vinegar (Rut 2:14); a kind of poor, weak wine, sometimes mingled with a little olive oil--very cooling, as would be required in harvest-time. This grateful refection is still used in the harvest-field. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| After them - i. e. "after my maidens." The fields not being divided by hedges, but only by unplowed ridges, it would be easy for her to pass off Boaz's land without being aware of it, and so find herself among strangers where Boaz could not protect her. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Touch - So as to offer any incivility or injury to thee. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The young men that they shall not touch thee - This was peculiarly necessary, as she was a stranger and unprotected. |
14 And Boaz [01162] said [0559] unto her, At mealtime [06256] [0400] come [05066] thou hither [01988], and eat [0398] of the bread [03899], and dip [02881] thy morsel [06595] in the vinegar [02558]. And she sat [03427] beside [06654] the reapers [07114]: and he reached [06642] her parched [07039] corn, and she did eat [0398], and was sufficed [07646], and left [03498].