Ruth 3:2 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 3:2

Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

BSB

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ASV

And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

KJV

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He winnoweth barley tonight - It is very likely that the winnowing of grain was effected by taking up, in a broad thin vessel or sieve, a portion of the corn, and letting it down slowly in the wind; thus the grain would, by its own weight, fall in one place, while the chaff, etc., would be carried to a distance by the wind.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As Nabal and Absalom had feasts at their sheep-shearing, so Boaz at his winnowing. Naomi thought Ruth the most proper person to do it herself; and perhaps it was the usage in that country that in this case the woman should make the demand; so much is intimated by the law, Deut. xxv.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The threshing-floor, which was commonly on the harvest-field, was carefully leveled with a large cylindric roller and consolidated with chalk, that weeds might not spring up, and that it might not chop with drought.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֗ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
הֲלֹ֥א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
בֹ֙עַז֙	vo.'az	[is] Boaz	H1162 →
מֹֽדַעְתָּ֔נוּ	mo.da'.Ta.nu	relative our	H4130 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
הָיִ֖ית	ha.Yit	you were	H1961 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
נַעֲרוֹתָ֑יו	na.'a.ro.Tav	female servants his	H5291 →
הִנֵּה־	hi.neh-	there!	H2009 →
ה֗וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
זֹרֶ֛ה	zo.Reh	[will be] winnowing	H2219 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
גֹּ֥רֶן	Go.ren	[the] threshing floor of	H1637 →
הַשְּׂעֹרִ֖ים	ha.se.'o.Rim	the barley<s>	H8184 →
הַלָּֽיְלָה׃	ha.La.ye.lah	this night	H3915 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Ruth 2:8
Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
leads to
- 2 Kings 5:13
  Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you,…
- Song of Solomon 1:7–8
  Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- Matthew 10:7–11
  As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
- 1 Samuel 3:16
  but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
- Matthew 9:2
  Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
Through
Ruth 2:1
Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
leads to
- Ruth 4:21
  Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
- Ruth 3:12
  Yes, it is true that I am a kinsman-redeemer, but there is a redeemer nearer than I.
- Matthew 1:5
  Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ruth

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ruth