God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 25:8
8Then the leaders of the city must summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying that he doesn’t want to marry her,
Deuteronomy 25:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, 'I do not wish to take her,'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to take her,’
Context of Deuteronomy 25:8
6Then the first son she has will carry the dead brother’s name so that his name won’t die out in Israel. 7But if the man doesn’t want to marry his brother’s widow, she must go to the leaders of the city at the city gate. She must say, “My brother-in-law refuses to let his brother’s name continue in Israel. He doesn’t want to do his duty as my brother-in-law.” Then the leaders of the city must summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying that he doesn’t want to marry her, 9his brother’s widow must go up to him in the presence of the leaders. She must take off one of his sandals and spit in his face. She must make this formal statement: “This is what happens to a man who refuses to continue his brother’s family line.” 10Then in Israel his family will be called the Family of the Man Without a Sandal.
Read all of Deuteronomy 25Deuteronomy 25:8 word by word
וְקָֽרְאוּ־ל֥וֹ זִקְנֵי־עִיר֖וֹ וְדִבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֑יו וְעָמַ֣ד וְאָמַ֔ר לֹ֥א חָפַ֖צְתִּי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
- of his cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- shall callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- him, and speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- he standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- I likeחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
- not to takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: marryH3947
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:8
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 The law of levirate marriage. The law on this subject is not unique to the Jews, but is found (see Genesis 38:8) in all essential respects the same among various Oriental nations, ancient and modern. The rules in these verses, like those upon divorce, do but incorporate existing immemorial usages, and introduce various wise and politic limitations and mitigations of them. The root of the obligation here imposed upon the brother of the deceased…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-105-10. the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother ... shall take her to him to wife--This usage existed before the age of Moses (Ge 38:8). But the Mosaic law rendered the custom obligatory (Mt 22:25) on younger brothers, or the nearest kinsman, to marry the widow (Ru 4:4), by associating the natural desire of perpetuating a brother's name with the preservation of property in the Hebrew families and tribes. If the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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