Ruth 4:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

There is something of a poetical turn in this speech of the elders, and something prophetic in the blessing pronounced by them. It is unique and ob…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The Lord ...—In this way, the nuptial blessing is invoked.

Is come.—Rather, is coming.

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders,
said, we are witnesses
Both…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Men are ready to seize opportunities for increasing their estates, but few know the value of godliness. Such are the wise men of this world, whom t…

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