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Deuteronomy 25:9

Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.

KJV

accedet mulier ad eum coram senioribus, et tollet calceamentum de pede ejus, spuetque in faciem illius, et dicet : Sic fiet homini, qui non ædificat domum fratris sui.

Vulgate

καὶ προσελθοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔναντι τῆς γερουσίας, καὶ ὑπολύσει τὸ ὑπόδημα αὐτοῦ τὸ ἓν ἀπὸ τοῦ ποδὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐμπτύσεται κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποκριθεῖσα ἐρεῖ Οὕτως ποιήσουσιν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ὃς οὐκ οἰκοδομήσει τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἰσραήλ·

LXX

then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother’s house.

ASV

וְ/נִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣/וֹ אֵלָי/ו֮ לְ/עֵינֵ֣י הַ/זְּקֵנִים֒ וְ/חָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲל/וֹ֙ מֵ/עַ֣ל רַגְל֔/וֹ וְ/יָרְקָ֖ה בְּ/פָנָ֑י/ו וְ/עָֽנְתָה֙ וְ/אָ֣מְרָ֔ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָ/אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה
h
verb · 124×
ו
v
noun · 629×
ו
v
noun · 247×
וֹ
v
pronoun · 5×
וֹ
v
noun · 22×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
יָרְקָ֖ה
yrqh
verb · 3×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כָּ֣כָה
kkh
adverb · 37×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 44×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I
  • Gen 38:8 — And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
  • Isa 20:2 — At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
  • Isa 50:6 — I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
  • Job 30:10 — They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
  • Job 30:10 — They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
  • John 1:27 — He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
  • Mark 1:7 — And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
  • Mark 10:34 — And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Matt 26:67 — Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
  • Matt 27:30 — And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
  • Num 12:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
  • Num 12:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
  • 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
  • Ruth 4:10 — Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren
  • Ruth 4:11 — And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Isra