|
|
From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
| Phrase of Scripture |
|
Correlating Passages |
 |
|
|
Ruth
|
|
Rth 2:10-13; 1Sa 25:41; Luk 14:11 |
|
spread therefore
|
|
"Hebrew ""spread thy wing;"" the emblem of protection; and a metaphor taken from the young of fowls, which run under the wings of their mother from birds of prey. Even to the present day, when a Jew marries a woman, he throws the skirts of his talith over her, to signify that he has taken her under his protection. Eze 16:8" |
|
a near kinsman
|
|
or, one that has right to redeem. Rth 3:12; Rth 2:20 |
Correlating Passages
  
  
|
Rth 2:10 |
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger? |
|
Rth 2:11 |
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. |
|
Rth 2:12 |
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. |
|
Rth 2:13 |
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. |
|
1Sa 25:41 |
And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] thine handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. |
|
Luk 14:11 |
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. |
|
Eze 16:8 |
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. |
|
Rth 3:12 |
And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. |
|
Rth 2:20 |
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be] he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ruth 3:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Rth/3/9.html>.
|
Search the Bible
Search the BLB
Featured Items
Today's Items:
Items of Interest:
|
