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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

路得记 2:12

願耶和華照你所作的報答你;你來投靠在耶和華以色列 神的翅膀下,願他充充足足酬報你。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Intercession;   Ruth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Recompense;   Reward-Punishment;   Wings, God's;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hospitality;   Wages;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Imagery;   Ruth;   Wing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Baruch, Apocalypse of;   Peace;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gleaning;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Wing;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gleaning;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adoption;   Asenath;   Baruch, Apocalypse of (Syriac);   Proselyte;   Shekinah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 24;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
愿 耶 和 华 照 你 所 行 的 赏 赐 你 。 你 来 投 靠 耶 和 华 ─ 以 色 列   神 的 翅 膀 下 , 愿 你 满 得 他 的 赏 赐 。

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

recompense: 1 Samuel 24:19, Psalms 19:11, Psalms 58:11, Proverbs 11:18, Proverbs 23:18, *marg. Matthew 5:12, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 10:41, Matthew 10:42, Luke 6:35, Luke 14:12-14, Colossians 2:18, 2 Timothy 1:18, 2 Timothy 4:8, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 11:6, Hebrews 11:26

wings: Ruth 1:16, Psalms 17:8, Psalms 36:7, Psalms 57:1, Psalms 61:4, Psalms 63:7, Psalms 91:4, Matthew 23:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - and thy Deuteronomy 6:7 - shalt talk 1 Samuel 2:20 - blessed 2 Samuel 9:7 - for I will 2 Samuel 21:11 - told David 2 Chronicles 6:32 - the stranger 2 Chronicles 15:7 - your work Psalms 18:24 - the Lord recompensed me Ecclesiastes 4:9 - a good Song of Solomon 6:1 - that Isaiah 18:1 - shadowing Jeremiah 31:16 - for Malachi 4:2 - wings Luke 13:34 - as Colossians 3:24 - ye shall 1 Timothy 5:5 - trusteth

Cross-References

Exodus 28:20
the fourth must have a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. Put gold around these jewels to attach them to the chest covering.
Exodus 39:13
in the fourth there was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. Gold was put around these jewels to attach them to the chest covering,
Numbers 11:7
The manna was like small white seeds.
Job 28:16
Wisdom cannot be bought with fine gold or with valuable onyx or sapphire gems.
Ezekiel 28:13
You had a wonderful life, as if you were in Eden, the garden of God. Every valuable gem was on you: ruby, topaz, and emerald, yellow quartz, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and chrysolite. Your jewelry was made of gold. It was prepared on the day you were created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord recompence thy work,.... The Targum adds, in this world; meaning the kind offices she had performed, and the good service she had done to her mother-in-law; nor is God unrighteous to forget the work and labour of love, which is shown by children to their parents; and though such works are not in themselves meritorious of any blessing from God here or hereafter, yet he is pleased of his own grace to recompence them, and return the good into their bosom manifold, it being acceptable in his sight:

and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel; the Targum adds, in the world to come; which is called the reward of the inheritance, Colossians 3:24 a reward not of debt, but of grace; and that will be a full one indeed, fulness of joy, peace, and happiness, an abundance of good things not to be conceived of, see 2 John 1:8,

under whose wings thou art come to trust; whom she professed to be her God, and whom she determined to serve and worship; whose grace and favour she expected, and to whose care and protection she committed herself: the allusion is either to fowls, which cover their young with their wings, and thereby keep them warm and comfortable, and shelter and protect them, see Psalms 36:7 or to the wings of the cherubim overshadowing the mercy seat, Exodus 25:20 and the phrase is now adopted by the Jews to express proselytism; and so the Targum here,

"thou art come to be proselyted, and to be hid under the wings of the Shechinah of his glory,''

or his glorious Shechinah.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The similarity of expression here to Genesis 15:1, and in Ruth 2:11 to Genesis 12:1, makes it probable that Boaz had the case of Abraham in his mind.

The Lord God of Israel - “Jehovah the God of Israel.” Compare Joshua 14:14, where, as here, the force of the addition, the God of Israel, lies in the person spoken of being a foreigner (see Judges 11:21 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ruth 2:12. The Lord recompense thy work — The dutiful respect which thou hast paid to thy husband, and thy tender and affectionate attachment to thy aged mother-in-law.

And a full reward be given thee — This is spoken with great modesty and piety: The kindness I show thee is little in comparison of thy desert; God alone can give thee a full reward for thy kindness to thy husband and mother-in-law, and he will do it, because thou art come to trust under his wings-to become a proselyte to his religion. The metaphor is taken from the young of fowls, who, seeing a bird of prey, run to their mother to be covered by her wings from danger, and also to take shelter from storms, tempests, cold, &c. It is evident from this that Ruth had already attached herself to the Jewish religion.


 
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