SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:5
Y ella le respondió: Haré todo lo que tú me mandares.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. And she said unto her , etc.] 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 gives can never satisfy.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - The married state should be a rest, as much as any thing upon earth can be so, as it ought to fix the affections and form a connexion for life Therefore it should be engaged in with great seriousness, with earnes prayers for direction, for the blessing of God, and with regard to his precepts. Parents should carefully advise their children in thi important concern, that it may be well with them as to their souls. Be it always remembered, That is best for us which is best for our souls The course Naomi advised appears strange to us; but it was according to the laws and usages of Israel. If the proposed measure had borne the appearance of evil, Naomi would not have advised it. Law and custo gave Ruth, who was now proselyted to the true religion, a legal claim upon Boaz. It was customary for widows to assert this claim, D 25:5-10. But this is not recorded for imitation in other times, and is not to be judged by modern rules. And if there had been any evil in it Ruth was a woman of too much virtue and too much sense to have listene to it.
Original Hebrew
ותאמר 559 אליה 413 כל 3605 אשׁר 834 תאמרי 559 אעשׂה׃ 6213
