8Then 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;


In Context

5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry a stranger abroad: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

6 And it shall be, that the firstborn that she beareth shall stand in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out from Israel.

7 But if the man like not to take his brother's wife, 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 for me the duty of a husband's brother.

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;

9 then shall his brother's wife come near to him before the eyes of the elders, and draw his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that will not build up his brother's house.

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe drawn off.

Deuteronomy 25:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Then 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;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her,"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:8And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he shall stand to it, and say, I like not to take her,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand, and say, |I don't want to take her;|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;