Deuteronomy 25:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”

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;

WEB

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,”

ASV

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

LSV

and [the] elderly of his city have called for him, and spoken to him, and he has stood and said, I have no desire to take her.

YLT

and 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;

DBY

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;

DRC

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

GNV

Then the Elders of his citie shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I wil not take her,

JPS

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

LXXE

And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her:

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

וְקָֽרְאוּ־ל֥וֹ זִקְנֵי־עִיר֖וֹ וְדִבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֑יו וְעָמַ֣ד וְאָמַ֔ר לֹ֥א חָפַ֖צְתִּי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ καλέσουσιν αὐτὸν ἡ γερουσία τῆς πόλεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐροῦσιν αὐτῷ· καὶ στὰς εἴπῃ, οὐ βούλομαι λαβεῖν αὐτήν·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ruth 4:6The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

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