路得记 2:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

路得就俯伏在地叩拜，對他說：“我是個外族人，為甚麼會在你眼前蒙恩，蒙你關照呢？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
路 得 就 俯 伏 在 地 叩 拜 ， 对 他 说 ： 我 既 是 外 邦 人 ， 怎 麽 蒙 你 的 恩 ， 这 样 顾 恤 我 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

⁴ Soon Boaz came from Bethlehem and greeted his workers, "The Lord be with you!" And the workers answered, "May the Lord bless you!" ⁵ Then Boaz asked his servant in charge of the workers, "Whose girl is that?" ⁶ The servant answered, "She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. ⁷ She said, ‘Please let me follow the workers cutting grain and gather what they leave behind.' She came and has remained here, from morning until just now. She has stopped only a few moments to rest in the shelter." ⁸ Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Don't go to gather grain for yourself in another field. Don't even leave this field at all, but continue following closely behind my women workers. ⁹ Watch to see into which fields they go to cut grain and follow them. I have warned the young men not to bother you. When you are thirsty, you may go and drink from the water jugs that the young men have filled." ¹⁰ Then Ruth bowed low with her face to the ground and said to him, "I am not an Israelite. Why have you been so kind to notice me?" ¹¹ Boaz answered her, "I know about all the help you have given your mother-in-law after your husband died. You left your father and mother and your own country to come to a nation where you did not know anyone. ¹² May the Lord reward you for all you have done. May your wages be paid in full by the Lord , the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for shelter." ¹³ Then Ruth said, "I hope I can continue to please you, sir. You have said kind and encouraging words to me, your servant, though I am not one of your servants."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fell: Genesis 18:2, 1 Samuel 25:23

Why have: Ruth 2:2, Ruth 2:13, 2 Samuel 9:8, 2 Samuel 19:28, Luke 1:43, Luke 1:48, Romans 12:10

seeing: Isaiah 56:3-8, Matthew 15:22-28, Matthew 25:35, Luke 7:6, Luke 7:7, Luke 17:16-18

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:10 - if now Numbers 32:5 - if we have Ruth 2:19 - blessed Ruth 3:9 - Ruth 1 Samuel 18:18 - Who am I 1 Samuel 25:41 - thine 2 Samuel 24:20 - bowed

Cross-References

Psalms 46:4
There is a river that brings joy to the city of God, the holy place where God Most High lives.

Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. It was shining like crystal and was flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,.... In great humility, and under a deep sense of the favour done her, and as showing the greatest respect, in a civil manner, she was capable of:

and said unto him, why have I found grace in thine eyes: how is it that one so mean and unworthy should have such favour shown?

that thou shouldest take knowledge of me; take such notice of her, show such affection to her, and bestow such kindness on her:

seeing I am a stranger? not a citizen of Bethlehem, nor indeed one of the commonwealth of Israel; but, as the Targum,

"of a strange people, of the daughters of Moab, and of a people who were not fit and worthy to enter into the congregation of the Lord.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

She fell on her face - With Oriental reverence (compare Genesis 33:3, and the marginal reference).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 2:10. Then she fell on her face — Prostrated herself, as was the custom in the East when inferiors approached those of superior rank. The Targum adds to the conversation between Ruth and Boaz: "How, says she, have I obtained grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest acknowledge me who am a stranger and one of the daughters of Moab, of whom it is said, The unclean shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord? And Boaz, answered, It has been certainly told me by the word of the wise, that what the Lord hath decreed, he hath not decreed concerning the women but the men. And it hath been surely said to me by prophecy, that kings and prophets shall proceed from thee because of the good which thou hast done," &c.