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Deuteronomy 25:8

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

KJV

Statimque accersiri eum facient, et interrogabunt. Si responderit : Nolo eam uxorem accipere :

Vulgate

καὶ καλέσουσιν αὐτὸν ἡ γερουσία τῆς πόλεως αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐροῦσιν αὐτῷ, καὶ στὰς εἴπῃ Οὐ βούλομαι λαβεῖν αὐτήν·

LXX

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

ASV

וְ/קָֽרְאוּ ל֥/וֹ זִקְנֵי עִיר֖/וֹ וְ/דִבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֑י/ו וְ/עָמַ֣ד וְ/אָמַ֔ר לֹ֥א חָפַ֖צְתִּי לְ/קַחְתָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
חָפֵ֥ץ
chpts
verb · 74×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ruth 4:6 — And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.