Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And it is the first-born which she shall bear shall rise up upon the name of his brother the dead, and his name shall not be wiped from Israel

New American Standard Bible

It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall assume the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

King James Version

And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Holman Bible

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

International Standard Version

The firstborn whom she will bear will continue the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be erased from Israel.

A Conservative Version

And it shall be, that the first-born who she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

American Standard Version

And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

Amplified

It shall be that her firstborn [son] will be given the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out of Israel.

Bible in Basic English

Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

Darby Translation

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.

King James 2000

And it shall be, that the firstborn that she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And then the firstborn that she bears {shall represent his dead brother}, so that his name is not blotted out from Israel.

Modern King James verseion

And it shall be, the first-born whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his dead brother, so that his name may not be put out of Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the eldest son which she beareth, shall stand up in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out in Israel.

NET Bible

Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

New Heart English Bible

It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

And it shall be, that, the firstborn which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, - so shall his name not be wiped out from Israel.

Webster

And it shall be, that the first-born which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not become extinct in Israel.

World English Bible

It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.

Youngs Literal Translation

and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it shall be, that the firstborn
בּכור 
B@kowr 
Usage: 117

in the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

which is dead
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

be not put out
מחה 
Machah 
Usage: 36

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

5 If brethren shall dwell together and one of them died, and a son not to him, the wife of the dead shall not be without to a man a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and he took her to him for a wife, and he acted the husband's brother to her. 6 And it is the first-born which she shall bear shall rise up upon the name of his brother the dead, and his name shall not be wiped from Israel 7 And if the man shall not desire to take his brother's wife, and his brother's wife went up to the gate to the old men, and said, My husband's brother refused to raise up to his brother a name in Israel, and he would not act my husband's brother.



Cross References

Genesis 28:8-10

And Esau will see that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaak his father.

Deuteronomy 9:14

Desist from me and I will destroy them, and I will wipe off their name from under the heavens: and I will make thee into a nation strong and many above them.

Deuteronomy 21:19

And his father and his mother laid hold on him and brought him to the old men of his city, and to the gate of his place;

Deuteronomy 29:20

Jehovah shall not be willing to forgive him, for then the anger of Jehovah shall smoke, and his jealousy against that man, and every curse written in this book lay upon him, and Jehovah wiped out his name from under the heavens.

Ruth 4:1-7

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down.

Ruth 4:10-12

And also Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I bought to me for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; and the name of the dead shall not be cut off from his brethren and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

Psalm 9:5

Thou didst rebuke the nations, thou didst destroy the unjust one, wiping off their name forever and ever.

Psalm 109:13

His descendants shall be for cutting off; in the later generation their name shall be wiped off.

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