The Pulpit Commentary on Ruth 3:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And she said, These six measures of barley he gave to me; for he said, Thou must not go empty to thy mother-in-law. The C'tib omission of "to me" after "for he said" is most likely to be the original reading.

A fastidious Rabbi would rather originate this insertion than the omission.

More for Ruth 3:17

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ruth 3:1-18Naomi's maternal solicitude. This is one of those paragraphs of Scripture which require delicate handling, but which, for that very reason, are full of suggestiveness that comes home to the bosom. Under strange, old-fas…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ruth 3:1-18EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryMatthew Henry on Ruth 3:14-18Ruth had done all that was fit for her to do, she must patiently wait the event. Boaz, having undertaken this matter, would be sure to manage it well. Much more reason have true believers to cast their care on God, beca…Matthew Henry commentaryRuth Sent Back in Peace to Naomi. (b. c. 1312.)RUTH SENT BACK IN PEACE TO NAOMI. (B. C. 1312.) We are here told, I. How Ruth was dismissed by Boaz. It would not have been safe for her to go home in the dead of the night; therefore she lay at his feet (not by his sid…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ruth 3:15-17Generosity. Boaz was "a mighty man of wealth," and Naomi and Ruth were poor, widowed, friendless, and comparatively strangers. All through the narrative Boaz appears as thoughtful, liberal, unselfish, honorable, munific…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ruth 3:17The present was, in one point of view, inconsiderable; but, in another point of view, it was a most suitable gift from one who desired indeed to show sympathy, gratitude, and kindness, but who did not wish, at that stag…Joseph S. Exell and contributors