Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Ruth 3
he winnoweth. This was, and is to-day, the master's work. His servants plowed, sowed, and reaped.
thy skirt = wing (with Septuagint and Vulgate) Other codices, with two early printed editions, read "wings". "Wing" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for protective care. App-6.
thou requirest = thou shalt say. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "unto me".
city. Hebrew gate, put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part) for the people assembling there.
vail = mantle or cloak, worn by all peasants; only the town-women veiling the face. Compare Isaiah 3:23.
she went -he went. The verb is masculine. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "she".
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