Charles Ellicott Commentary Ruth 3:10

"And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter: thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich." — Ruth 3:10 (ASV)

Blessed be thou of the Lord. — This answer of Boaz's is in itself a sufficient proof of the view he took of her conduct, and of his own integrity. We note, too, that this blessing follows immediately on the avowal of her name. His own feelings had already been attuned to due honor and respect for Ruth; he is prepared not only to discharge the duty of next of kin, but to do it in no perfunctory spirit, but with sincere, loyal affection.

The Targum on Ruth 3:15 supposes that to Ruth, the distant ancestress of the Savior, was granted the knowledge—as in its fullness to the Virgin hereafter—of the birth of the Messiah through her. Origen compares Ruth to the Gentile Church, the grafted wild olive.

Thou hast shewed ... . —Literally, thou hast done well thy latter kindness above the former.