The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord recompence thy work,.... The Targum adds, in this world; meaning the kind offices she had performed, and the good service she had done to her mother-in-law; nor is God unrighteous to forget…
Barnes' Notes
The similarity of expression here to Gen 15:1, and in Rth 2:11 to Gen 12:1, makes it probable that Boaz had the case of Abraham in his mind. The Lord God of Israel - “Jehovah the God of Israel.”…
Adam Clarke
The Lord recompense thy work - The dutiful respect which thou hast paid to thy husband, and thy tender and affectionate attachment to thy aged mother-in-law.
And a full reward be given thee - This is…
Now Boaz himself appears, and a great deal of decency there appears in his carriage both towards his own servants and towards this poor stranger.
I. Towards his own servants, and those that were…
Cambridge Bible
the Lord recompense Cf. Rth 1:8.
under whose wings … refuge This beautiful idea is repeated in Psa 36:7; Psa 57:2; Psa 91:4; the figure is that of an eagle, Deu 32:11. May the God of Israel take care…
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