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A Loyalty Beyond Expectation
Commentators explain that Ruth's 'latter kindness' was her choice to honor her deceased husband's family by seeking marriage with Boaz, an older kinsman-redeemer. Boaz praises this act as even greater than her initial loyalty to Naomi because she deliberately chose this path of duty over pursuing a potentially more desirable marriage with a younger man.
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Albert Barnes
On Ruth 3:10
18th Century
Theologian
Thou hast shewed more kindness ... - Literally, “You have made your last kindness better than the first.” Her last kindness was her…
Charles Ellicott
On Ruth 3:10
19th Century
Bishop
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, …
John Gill
On Ruth 3:10
17th Century
Pastor
And he said, blessed be you of the Lord, my daughter
Instead of calling her an immodest woman for laying herself dow…
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Matthew Henry
On Ruth 3:6–13
17th Century
Minister
What in one age or nation would be improper, is not always so in another age or another nation. As a judge of Israel, Boaz would inform Ruth what s…