Ruth 2:19
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And her mother in law said unto her, where hast thou gleaned today?.... In what part of the field of Bethlehem? or on whose land, that she had gleaned so much? not that she suspected that she had got…
Here, I. Ruth finishes her day's work, Rut 2:17. 1. She took care not to lose time, for she gleaned until evening. We must not be weary of well-doing, because in due season we shall reap. She did not…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
blessed be he Naomi invokes a blessing on the benefactor before she knows who he is; the author delights in such dramatic fitness, cf. Rth 2:2; Rth 3:11.
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