Ruth 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

Ruth 3:9

“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

BSB

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ASV

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

KJV

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Spread therefore thy skirt over thine hand maid - Hebrew, Spread thy wing. The wing is the emblem of protection, and is a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mothers, that they may be saved from birds of prey. The meaning here is, Take me to thee for wife; and so the Targum has translated it, Let thy name be called on thy handmaid to take me for wife, because thou art the redeemer; i.e., thou art the גאל goel, the kinsman, to whom the right of redemption belongs.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

To spread a skirt over one is, in the East, a symbolical action denoting protection. To this day in many parts of the East, to say of anyone that he put his skirt over a woman, is synonymous with saying that he married her; and at all the marriages of the modern Jews and Hindus, one part of the ceremony is for the bridegroom to put a silken or cotton cloak around his bride.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מִי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
אָ֑תּ	'At	[are] you	H859 →
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אָנֹכִי֙	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
ר֣וּת	rut	[am] Ruth	H7327 →
אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ	'a.ma.Te.kha	maidservant your	H519 →
וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֤	u.fa.ras.Ta	and you will spread out	H6566 →
כְנָפֶ֙ךָ֙	khe.na.Fe.kha	skirt your	H3671 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
אֲמָ֣תְךָ֔	'a.Ma.te.kha	maidservant your	H519 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
גֹאֵ֖ל	go.'El	[are] a kinsman-redeemer	H1350 →
אָֽתָּה׃	'A.tah	you	H859 →

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Where the connections lead

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Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
leads to
- Luke 18:14
  I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Matthew 23:12
  For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- James 4:6
  But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5
  Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Through
Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:2–3
  “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness,…
- Romans 5:8
  But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Isaiah 43:4
  Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

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About Ruth