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


In Context

5 When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother:

6 And the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of Israel.

7 But if he will not take his brother's wife, who by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients, and say: My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel: and will not take me to wife.

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

9 The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house:

10 And his name shall be called in Israel, the house of the unshod.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation 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 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;