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
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
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.
Themes
Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
the First-born » Privileges of » In case of death the next brother to raise up seed to
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin
Interlinear
B@kowr
Yalad
Quwm
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Muwth
Shem
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Smith
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 25:6
Verse Info
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.
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Names
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.