Deuteronomy 25:7
And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
KJV
Sin autem noluerit accipere uxorem fratris sui, quæ ei lege debetur, perget mulier ad portam civitatis, et interpellabit majores natu, dicetque : Non vult frater viri mei suscitare nomen fratris sui in Israël, nec me in conjugem sumere.
Vulgate
ἐὰν δὲ μὴ βούληται ὁ ἄνθρωπος λαβεῖν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ἡ γυνὴ ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην ἐπὶ τὴν γερουσίαν καὶ ἐρεῖ Οὐ θέλει ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ ἀνδρός μου ἀναστῆσαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἰσραήλ· οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ ἀνδρός μου.
LXX
And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me.
ASV
וְ/אִם לֹ֤א יַחְפֹּץ֙ הָ/אִ֔ישׁ לָ/קַ֖חַת אֶת יְבִמְתּ֑/וֹ וְ/עָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨/וֹ הַ/שַּׁ֜עְרָ/ה אֶל הַ/זְּקֵנִ֗ים וְ/אָֽמְרָה֙ מֵאֵ֨ין יְבָמִ֜/י לְ/הָקִ֨ים לְ/אָחִ֥י/ו שֵׁם֙ בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ruth 4:1 — Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat d
- Ruth 4:7 — Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testi