She said to her, “All that you say, I will do.”
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She said to her, “All that you say, I will do.”
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And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
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And she said unto her: 'All that thou sayest unto me I will do.'
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Passages linked to Ruth 3:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Rth 3:5 And she said unto her, All that…
Rth 3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
Ver. 5. All that thou sayest unto me I will do.] The respect Ruth bare to her mother-in-law, and the hope of a good husband, made her thus submissive. Lyra and Carthusian seem to blame the counsel of Naomi, though they excuse the fact of Ruth, because a stranger, and a new convert.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The confidence she had in Naomi’s wisdom and piety,…
The confidence she had in Naomi’s wisdom and piety, and true love to her, made her ready to follow her advice, wherein she was the more excusable, because she did not understand the laws and customs of the country, as Naomi did.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she said unto her,.... Having the highest opinion…
And she said unto her,.... Having the highest opinion of her piety and prudence, and being confident she would never advise her to what was contrary to true religion and virtue:
all that thou sayest unto me I will do; observe every instruction and direction she gave her, and attend strictly to every circumstance pointed out to her, as she did; the word for "unto me" is one of those instances, the Masora observes, is not written but read; the letters of the word are not in the text, only the vowel points, the reason of which cannot well be said; what the Midrash (q) gives can never satisfy.
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(q) Midrash Ruth, ut supra. (fol. 33. 3.)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) I will do.—Ruth’s obedience here is an intelligent…
(5) I will do.—Ruth’s obedience here is an intelligent obedience. She knew in what relation Boaz stood for her family, and the duties attaching to the relationship (Rth_2:20; Rth_3:9). Thus with obedient trust, implicitly but not blindly, she follows her mother-in-law’s orders; strong in conscious innocence she risks the obloquy that may attend her duty.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And she said, All that thou sayest I will…
And she said, All that thou sayest I will do. There is no need for adopting into the text the K"ri to me," after the expression, All that thou sayest." It is a mere "tittle," indeed, whether we omit or insert the pronoun; yet it was not found in the manuscripts that lay before the Septuagint and Vulgate translators.
Ruth"s confidence in Naomi"s kindness and wisdom is noteworthy. It was no upstart prepossession and blindfold feeling. Naomi had earned it by a long-continued course of prudence and sympathy. Boaz too had earned a corresponding confidence, and hence she did not hesitate to entrust herself to his honor. She felt that she was safe.
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Vers. 5, 6. Filial obedience.
Ruth was not Naomi"s daughter, yet she acted, and with good reason and great propriety, as though she had been such. What holds good, therefore, of the relationship described in this book holds good, a fortiori, of the relation between parents and children. In modern society the bonds of parental discipline are, especially among the working class, lamentably relaxed. Christian people should, in the interests alike of patriotism and religion, do all they can to strengthen these bonds. The text affords us a beautiful example of filial obedience.
I MOTIVES to filial obedience. Gratitude should lead the child to obey the parent, to whom he owes so very much. The constraint should be the sweet constraint of love. Reason should lead to the reflection The parent has experience of human life, in which I am necessarily lacking; is not a parent"s judgment far more likely to be sound than is a child"s, or even a youth"s? Divine legislation commands children to obey their parents.
E.g. the fifth commandment, under the old covenant; apostolical admonitions, under the new. The example of the Holy Child, Jesus!
II The ADVANTAGES of filial obedience. Usually, obvious temporal advantages ensue upon such a course. This is proverbial and unquestionable. The satisfaction of a good conscience is a compensation not to be despised for any sacrifice of personal feeling in this matter. The approval of God is most emphatically pronounced upon those who honor and obey their parents. And this is usually followed by the confidence and admiration of fellow-men.
Lessons:
1. Expostulate with the disobedient.
2. Encourage the obedient. T.
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