Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ruth 2:6
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It [is] the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
i.e. That came with Naomi when she came back; for otherwise, as Ruth did not go from thence, so she could not properly be said to come back.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said,…. Who had taken a great deal of notice of Ruth, and had conversed with her, and so was capable of giving answers to his master’s question:
it is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi, out of the country of Moab; perhaps he had not got knowledge of her name, and therefore only describes her by the country from whence she came; and by her coming from thence along with Naomi, when she returned from Moab, with whose name Boaz was well acquainted, and of whose return he had been informed; and perhaps had seen her in person, and even Ruth also, though he might have forgot her; the Targum makes the servant to add, that she was become a proselytess.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6, 7) The steward gives a detailed account of Ruth. She is the (rather a) Moabitish damsel, she is a foreigner [as such she had a special claim to the gleaning, Lev. 19:9-10]. She is the daughter-in-law of Naomi; and he adds that her behaviour has been praiseworthy, for she asked leave before beginning to glean, and she has worked hard all day, save for a short interval of rest. It would seem that Boazs visit to the field fell at the time when Ruth was thus resting: This is her tarrying for a little in the house; apparently, that is, some rude shelter from the heat set up in the field, like the lodge of Isa. 1:8.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. The Moabitish damsel Boaz had heard of her, and had been much interested in her history, (Rth 2:11,) but he had not seen her before, so that this was their first meeting.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, “It is the Moabitish damsel who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.”
The overseer demonstrated that he was fulfilling his duties, and informed Boaz that it was the Moabitish young woman who had come back from Moab with Naomi. It would appear that Ruth’s loyalty was well known in the town. The overseer may not, however, have known her family history, and that she was related to Boaz by marriage.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: (7) And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
There is a great beauty, in this relation, and yet more real religion. if the Reader will please to consult Lev 19:9-10 , he will discover the law of God concerning the poor gleaner. So that the servant of Boaz, if necessary, justified the permission he had given Ruth to glean in his master’s field by this law. But is there not a spiritual illustration of this report of Benz’s servant to his master concerning Ruth, yet far more interesting? Are not the stewards of God’s mysteries supposed to encourage gleaners to traverse over the field of scripture, and attend to the ministry of the word’? And are they not supposed to gain all possible information concerning the spiritual state and circumstances of their followers in the ministry, and then in prayer And praise to spread the whole before the Lord? Oh! how truly lovely is it to behold the faithful servant in Jesus’ house, imitating his divine master; and when having in public ministered in the word, in private to know that he spreads all the wants of his people before the throne: When Jesus had sent the multitudes away he went up into the mountain apart to pray. Mat 14:23 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Rth 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It [is] the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Ver. 6. And the servant. ] He gives a ready answer, a good account, Rationem cum domino crebro putet, saith Cato a concerning a steward.
It is the Moabitish damsel.
a De Re Rust, cap. v.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the servant: This seems to have been a kind of steward, who had the under- management of the estate. Gen 15:2, Gen 24:2, Gen 39:4, Mat 20:8, Mat 24:45
It is the: Rth 1:16, Rth 1:19, Rth 1:22