Rute 3:11

11 Agora, pois, minha filha, não temas; tudo quanto disseres te farei, pois toda a cidade do meu povo sabe que és mulher virtuosa.

Rute 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ruth 3:11

And now, my daughter, fear not
Either of being forced and defiled, to which he had exposed herself by lying down at a man's feet, or of being reproached as an immodest woman for so doing, or of being despised as a poor woman, and of not succeeding in her suit and enterprise:

and I will do to thee all that thou requirest;
which could be done according to the law of God, and without injury to another person after mentioned:

for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman;
or righteous, as the Targum; a good woman, possessed of grace and virtue, having every agreeable qualification to recommend to the marriage state; and therefore, should they come to the knowledge of the step taken to obtain it, will never reproach thee for it, nor blame me for marrying a person, though poor, of such an excellent character, which, by her conduct and behaviour, was universally established. It is in the original text, "all the gate of my people" F21; meaning either all the people that pass through the gate of the city, that is, all the inhabitants of it, or the whole court of judicature, the elders of the city, that sit in judgment there, as was usual in gates of cities, see ( Ruth 4:1 Ruth 4:9 ) . So the Targum,

``it is manifest before all that sit in the gate of the great sanhedrim of my people that thou art a righteous woman''


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yme rev-lk) "tota porta populi mei", Montanus; so Vatablus, Tigurine version.

Rute 3:11 In-Context

9 E perguntou ele: Quem és tu? Ao que ela respondeu: Sou Rute, tua serva; estende a tua capa sobre a tua serva, porque tu és o remidor.
10 Então disse ele: Bendita sejas tu do Senhor, minha filha; mostraste agora mais bondade do que dantes, visto que após nenhum mancebo foste, quer pobre quer rico.
11 Agora, pois, minha filha, não temas; tudo quanto disseres te farei, pois toda a cidade do meu povo sabe que és mulher virtuosa.
12 Ora, é bem verdade que eu sou remidor, porém há ainda outro mais chegado do que eu.
13 Fica-te aqui esta noite, e será que pela manhã, se ele cumprir para contigo os deveres de remidor, que o faça; mas se não os quiser cumprir, então eu o farei tão certamente como vive o Senhor; deita-te até pela manhã.
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